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T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds

The NAO has suggested that more popular vocational qualifications should be retained until T-levels can be fully evaluated

The Guardian - UK

Government must boost student numbers on T-levels to realise full benefits – NAO

The DfE should better understand the potential impacts of T-levels before making decisions on wider technical qualifications landscape, report says.

Evening Standard

Gap of 8,000 secondary school places in special schools last year – figures

Around two in three special schools in England were ‘at or over capacity’ in the last academic year, the Department for Education said.

Evening Standard

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Teachers launch legal action over pension delays stalling divorces

Union says hold-ups in issuing pension transfer values causing ‘intolerable strain’

The Guardian - UK

Teachers’ Pensions used to check if I was alive. Now it seems to assume I’m dead

I have to answer their letters to confirm my continued existence. This time the letter didn’t arrive – and my pension has stopped

The Guardian - UK

Record 170,000 children in England missed at least half of classes in 2024

Department for Education data shows that 2.3% of pupils were ‘severely absent’, up from 2.0% in 2022-23

The Guardian - UK

Record number of pupils in England ‘severely absent’ from school – figures

More than 171,000 pupils missed at least half of possible school sessions in 2023/24, Department for Education statistics show.

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Unauthorised school absence widening ‘disadvantage gap’ in England

Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peers

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of English academy heads paid over £150k, as number ‘on gravy train’ doubles in five years

School leaders attacked as ‘an unaccountable elite’ after years of below-inflation pay rises for teachers

The Guardian - UK

Teacher vacancy rates at record high in England, report finds

NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforce

The Guardian - UK

High teacher leaving rates and ‘sluggish’ recruitment affecting pupils – report

The Government has a ‘now or never’ moment to demonstrate that it will deliver its pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers, the NFER has said.

The Independent UK

Special needs schools employ more teachers without qualified teacher status

Special schools in England face ‘more severe’ staff shortages than the average school, research has suggested.

Evening Standard

Parents should not face ‘mandatory’ extra charges to access funded childcare

A local authority ‘should intervene’ if a provider seeks to make ‘consumables’ a mandatory condition of taking up a funded place, guidance says.

The Independent UK

Adult apprentices no longer required to do maths and English qualifications

Changes to requirements for apprenticeship courses will see 10,000 more apprenticeship starts a year, the Education Secretary has said.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Apprentices no longer required to have maths and English qualifications

Changes to the minimum length of an apprenticeship will be introduced from August

The Guardian - UK

Teachers’ Pensions won’t pay me my pension – until I confirm I’m not dead

The money has been withheld for two months and I’m struggling financially

Total Film

Fantastic Four: The First Steps - What the heck is HERBIE? How Marvel replaced the Human Torch with a goofy little robot for bizarre safety reasons

Is the urban legend about HERBIE, the Fantastic Four's robot sidekick, actually true?

Evening Standard

‘No evidence’ that Ofsted reforms will improve current system – Tories

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott said the proposed report cards system will be ‘slower and weaker’.

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Evening Standard

Minister expects priority to be children’s life chances as Ofsted plans unveiled

Bridget Phillipson rejected criticism of her plans to revamp inspections with a new ‘report card’ style scale.

Evening Standard

Franchised higher education courses face tighter rules to curb ‘rogue operators’

More than half of 341 franchised institutions are unregistered with the Office for Students, the DfE said.

The Conversation

The scale of England’s special educational needs crisis

A group of MPs has delivered a blistering verdict on the state special educational needs in England. In a new report, the public accounts committee call the system “unaffordable” and warn that the Department for Education (DfE) “risks a lost generation of children leaving school without receiving the help they…

Evening Standard

More pupils in England off school after Christmas break than last year – figures

It comes as parents face higher fines this academic year if they take their children out of class without permission.

The Independent UK

AI ‘biggest thing to hit education in 100 years’, historian says

Sir Anthony Seldon praised Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s speech about technology on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Using technology in schools can tackle absences and staff shortages – Phillipson

The Education Secretary has set out plans to use technology as a ‘positive, radical, modernising force’ in the education system.

Evening Standard

Phillipson to set out plans to use technology to ‘modernise’ education system

The Education Secretary is due to announce that tech firms have helped develop a set of expectations which AI tools should meet to be classroom safe.

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