Ofqual disbands standards committee The standards advisory group, a committee of the Ofqual board, was set up more than a decade ago
43% rise in pupils caught cheating after exams return Student penalties up more than two-fifths in 2022 compared to 2019, with mobile phones making up the majority of exam offences
DfE can’t say whether £850k edtech scheme improved schools Edtech demonstrator year 2 evaluation concludes schools may have improved ‘regardless of taking part in the programme’
UTC chief eyes new institutions and wants ‘sleeves’ in secondary schools ‘The latest evidence points to us going in the right direction’
‘Remarkable’ improvement in ethnic minorities’ GCSEs, but some fall further behind But researchers warn educational success has ‘not yet translated’ in earnings
Grammar school ordered to pay back £1.5m in overclaimed maintenance cash Single-academy trust ‘knowingly took decisions to utilise funding on works beyond the scope of the approved bids’, probe finds
Guidance on supporting trans children in schools: 7 key findings Unofficial guidance from unions and sector bodies aims to help schools meet their legal duties while supporting trans children
Ministers quietly abandon promised teacher retention policies Sabbaticals pilot among schemes pledged in recruitment and retention strategy which have been dropped
Treasury to claw back ‘staggering’ £100m+ of unspent tutoring cash Underspend could equate to a sixth of catch-up cash last year, as DfE survey shows falling subsidies put schools off