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拢17m school mental health support boost: what you need to know

The Department for Education has set out how it will spend over £17 million for mental health initiatives in schools and colleges today. But over half of the cash has already been announced, it has emerged. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he was providing new funding so every young person “knows who and where to […]

Ofsted to review framework’s impact on staff wellbeing, new charter pledges

Ofsted will review the impact its inspection framework has on staff wellbeing and the government has promised not to publish guidance outside of working hours as part of a new charter unveiled today. The Department for Education and Ofsted have made 12 commitments as part of the new education staff wellbeing charter. From the autumn, […]

Tell us why pupils’ exam grades will be withheld, heads tell Ofqual

Headteachers are demanding Ofqual come clean over why pupils might have exam grades “withheld” this summer. Ofqual’s chair and chief regulator last week warned results could be withheld should an exam board and school not agree on the teacher-assessed grade awarded. We have asked these questions, but have not been able to elicit any further […]

Timpson two years on: Exclusions review chair wants action

The author of a landmark exclusions review has secured a crunch meeting with ministers to kick them into action over promised reforms. This week marks the two-year anniversary of Edward Timpson’s review, but the government has implemented just six of its 30 recommendations. No action has been taken on 12. What I want to really […]

Berridge happy for en-masse conversions in faith schools academies plan

Baroness Berridge said she would not rule out the rapid growth of religious trusts, after announcing over £2 million to help more faith schools become academies. The Department for Education will work with the Catholic Education Service and dioceses across the country to establish a £1.25 million “turnaround” trust based in the north west. An […]

Trust in GCSEs plummets after exams fiasco, Ofqual survey reveals

Trust in GCSEs plummeted after last summer’s exam fiasco, an Ofqual commissioned survey has found. Just 27 per cent of respondents agreed that ‘GCSEs are trusted’ when asked about last year, when exams were cancelled due to the pandemic. This is compared to 75 per cent in a normal year. A doomed algorithm was use […]

CPD entitlement would boost attainment by two-thirds of a grade, study claims

Giving teachers a formal entitlement to 35 hours of CPD training would boost pupil attainment by two-thirds of a GCSE grade, a think tank has said. The Education Policy Institute study also claimed introducing a right to high-quality CPD could result in around 12,000 extra teachers staying in the profession. But they warn a CPD […]

Ofqual boss: Submitting grade check samples ‘should not take too long’

Submitting pupil work so exam boards can check teacher assessed grades “should not take too long” and will ensure teachers’ holidays are not interrupted, Ofqual’s boss has said. It follows uproar last week after the regulator announced in a blog post that every school will have to provide samples of student work within two days […]