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22 April 2026

Author: Samantha Booth

Randstad to pay Teach First for tutoring advice

Teach First is to be paid by Randstad, the new national tutoring provider, for advice on how best to support schools serving disadvantaged communities as part of a government agreement. Schools Week can also reveal that Liverpool Hope University is expected to provide the training for the academic mentors arm of the National Tutoring Programme […]

DfE contradicts its own minister鈥檚 claims on tutoring scheme scale

The Department for Education has contradicted its own education secretary’s claim that six million pupils will benefit from the rollout of tutoring, raising the question of whether Gavin Williamson misled parliament. Williamson told parliament on Monday he had “outlined a clear plan to roll out tutoring to six million children up and down the country” […]

Ofsted chief: Teachers should not be policed by ‘militant activism’

Teachers should not be policed by “self-appointed moral guardians” or be forced to change the way they teach in the face of “militant activism”,  the chief inspector of Ofsted has warned. Amanda Spielman told the Festival of Education today that while activism that broadens debate and brings about long-term change was welcome, she worried about […]

First exam board confirms 42% discount on entry fees

WJEC Eduqas will discount exam entry fees by 42 per cent this summer – making it the first exam board to confirm the level of savings for schools. However the sum is unlikely to go down well in the sector, with the majority of headteachers expecting 75 per cent of entry fees back this year. […]

Consider if promoting ‘white privilege’ breaches equality laws, MPs tell schools

Schools should consider whether promoting “politically controversial terminology” such as “white privilege” is in line with their duties under the Equality Act, the Parliamentary education select committee has said. The cross-party committee has today published its report on left-behind white working class pupils, after taking evidence from sector experts and ministers since April 2020. In […]

Exams regulator calls in Test and Trace firm Sitel to manage public enquiry phone lines

Exams regulator Ofqual is paying £225,000 to an outsourcing company used in the government’s much-criticised Test and Trace system to answer calls from students, parents and teachers. The regulator outsourced its public enquiries lines to Sitel to meet an expected rise in calls. Last year Ofsted staff were deployed to help in the height of […]

WJEC grades portal goes down as exam board scrambles to fix issues

Exam board WJEC Eduqas has been forced to temporarily take down its portal for submitting teacher assessed grades just hours before the deadline for schools, after problems displaying data. It is the third exam board to face issues with its website during the past two days. This morning, WJEC, which has entries from over 3,800 […]