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Nadhim Zahawi: Department for Education could suffer job cuts of 40%

The Education Secretary said he was looking at ‘all options’ to save money.

The Independent UK

Government staff work in corridors over desks shortage

The news came after Department for Education staff were told to return to the office.

The Independent UK

Push for civil servants to return to office backfires as DfE runs out of desks

Department for Education ordered workers to spend 80% of their time in the office leading to ‘chaotic’ conditions

The Guardian - UK

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Nearly 500,000 pupils 'miss out on Covid catch up' provision ahead of GCSEs

Boris Johnson promised personal tutoring provision to help children catch up after the pandemic wreaked havoc on their learning but the roll out has been criticised for failing to reach kids

Daily Mirror

Statistics watchdog queries ‘transparency’ of Government’s academies document

Readers of a document setting out the case for plans for academisation cannot see where the data comes from nor draw their own conclusions, it said.

The Independent UK

Education coordinator and former Catholic school teacher Lina Costanzo charged with child sex offences

A South Australian education department coordinator, who has been a teacher for more than 30 years, has faced court today accused of sexually exploiting three children.

ABC News

Covid study aids for GCSEs scrapped for 2023

Heads say the 2023 cohort has been ‘heavily impacted’ by the pandemic.

The Independent UK

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Truanting pupils to be named on national register under major shake-up in schools

Teachers will have to publish an attendance plan to get rates up amid concerns over absences

Manchester Evening News

School staff quit for better paid jobs in supermarkets as cost of living crisis bites

Headteachers are struggling to recruit and then retain staff with some having no interviewees for roles as candidates work out they can earn more stocking shelves

Daily Mirror

New powers to shut down illegal schools announced

DfE has said its work closing illegal schools has been ‘slow’ in the past.

The Independent UK

‘Riot’ at London school sparks call for department for education to step in

A bitter dispute has broken out over plans for Holland Park School to join a multi-academy trust

Evening Standard

‘Pupils are distressed’: community fights top London school’s takeover

About 200 students at Holland Park school reportedly rioted in protests over plans to join academy chain

The Guardian - UK

Zahawi writes to all schools to urge take-up of tutoring programme

In additional the Department for Education will share data on schools’ use of the scheme with Ofsted.

The Independent UK

Primary school children to receive free keepsake book to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Youngsters across the UK will start receiving the commemorative books, written in collaboration with royal experts and historians, from mid-May

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The Independent UK

Primary school children to receive a free book to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says children can read about the Queen’s ‘amazing life and the people and events that have shaped history’.

Evening Standard

Teachers warn lack of Covid school absence figures is ‘deeply troubling’

School leaders said they are ‘deeply frustrated’ at the lack of clear data

Chronicle Live

Primary school offers day and how to appeal if you didn't get place you wanted

You are advised to accept a school place even if you plan on appealing the council's decision to not give you your first preference school

ABC News

SA outdoor education operators plead for clarity on return to school camps

SA's outdoor education operators say they are in crisis and facing permanent closure as extended COVID restrictions prevent school groups from booking and financial assistance is withheld.

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Almost half of teachers in England plan to quit by 2027, union survey finds

Teachers said heavy workload was a significant factor in their decision to leave - over half said their workload was 'unmanageable' or 'unmanageable most of the time'

The Independent UK

NEU: Nearly half of England’s teachers plan to quit by 2027 over ‘unmanageable’ workload, union says

Polling by the NEU reveals a fifth of teachers plan to leave the profession even sooner

Evening Standard

Nearly half of England’s teachers plan to quit by 2027

Polling by the NEU reveals a fifth of teachers plan to leave within two years

Evening Standard

Schools dealing with ‘severe disruption’ due to Covid as almost 180,000 pupils absent

Teachers warn the situation remains grave as attendance rates drop

The Independent UK

Pupil attendance up but schools ‘at breaking point’ over Covid, say leaders

The latest Government data shows a slight decrease in pupil and staff absences over the last fortnight.

The Independent UK

Schools to receive all tutoring funding directly as Randstad loses contract

Critics of the company’s handling of the national tutoring programme have welcomed the move.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to make school week a minimum of 32.5 hours in England

Unions and Labour criticise plan that is among suite of changes to be set out on Monday

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