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£3m in bonuses for C&G bosses? It doesn’t add up

Conflicting accounts continue to emerge about whether City & Guilds Foundation trustees knew large bonuses were paid to senior executives after the sale of their awarding business.

Extra help for more students on Turing’s final trips

The Turing scheme’s budget will remain unchanged at £78 million for its final year despite more ‘disadvantaged’ students becoming eligible for extra support.

DfE proposes early years training shakeup

Government is consulting on two options for redesigning early years training so it leads to qualified teacher status.

The number of spare primary and secondary places across England has increased by 15 per cent since 2023-24.

MPs launch inquiry into Labour’s school reform plans

Committee will scrutinise DfE’s teacher recruitment targets and plans to reform accountability measures and narrow the disadvantage gap.

Union stands down after City & Guilds offshoring assurances

Union officials have called off a workforce redundancy dispute with City & Guilds bosses that threatened to boil over into legal and industrial action.

City & Guild Foundation starts own probe into PeopleCert deal

City & Guilds Foundation has agreed to hold an independent inquiry into the controversial sale of its City & Guilds awarding business.

Education Secretary: DfE working to ‘find right balance’ for early years CCTV plan

The Department for Education is working to ‘get the balance right’ between protecting children and causing ‘unintended consequences’ for the early years sector before announcing any changes to guidance around CCTV, the Education Secretary has said.

Usefulness of Ofsted judgments questioned by complaints analysis

Childcare experts are questioning the use and accuracy of Ofsted inspection judgments after latest research found more than half of complaints and concerns about “outstanding” early years providers were logged after their most recent inspection.

UK to close Turing exchange scheme when it rejoins Erasmus+

Post-Brexit programme established by Boris Johnson’s government shuttered after supporting 200,000 participants.

How much cash can schools really save from DfE buying scheme?

The Maximising Value for Pupils programme claims it can help schools save thousands by reducing their bills, but leaders warn the benefits are ‘marginal’.

6,500 teacher goal ‘consistent’ with original pledge, Phillipson says

Education secretary faces questions from MPs over the government’s SEND plans, teacher recruitment and curriculum reform.

Technical issues halt marking of GCSE maths paper

Pearson Edexcel says marking has now resumed and there has been no impact on its ‘accuracy or integrity’, after issues emerged last night.

Revealed: The enrichment gap that could cause a headache for DfE

Pupils attending the least deprived schools are offered a greater choice of enrichment activities than those at the most deprived, new research suggests.

Revealed: The 99 winners of silver Pearson National Teaching Awards

Schools, their heads, teachers and support staff are among 99 winners of silver Pearson National Teaching Awards.

College teachers, leaders and curriculum teams are among the 99 winners of silver Pearson National Teaching Awards.

Enrichment Benchmarks: Do we have the staff to deliver?

The Enrichment Benchmarks are here. They outline eight standards for schools to deliver enrichment activities across five core areas. But do we have enough staff to deliver?

University of Hertfordshire one of the first to offer the Early Years Teacher Degree Apprenticeship

The University of Hertfordshire is one of the first higher education institutions to offer the Early Years Teacher Degree Apprenticeship (EYTDA) from September.

DfE backs MPs calls for increased early years SEND training

The Government has backed calls from Parliament’s Education Committee to increase access to training on the early identification of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for early years educators.

Literacy charity expands its inclusive book gifting programme to 100 under-resourced primary schools

One hundred primary schools will receive a collection of inclusive children’s books under an expansion of the Inclusive Books for Children’s (IBC) gifting programme.