Category: Background Information

Extra measures to boost fairness and support students ahead of next summer’s exams and assessments Today, the Secretary of State for Education announced that students sitting exams and other assessments…

In a year when recruitment to teacher preparation courses was on the increase, any aim the government might have had to increase the share of school-based preparation courses has stalled.…

The Initial teacher training: trainee number census 2020 to 2021 has been published by the Department for Education and can be viewed in then link below. Initial teacher training: trainee…

Responsibility for Autumn exams We have updated the guidance on responsibility for autumn exams to include information about the support available for functional skills qualifications (FSQs). The guidance provides information…

Funding to support schools and colleges during the COVID-19 pandemic Schools and colleges facing the greatest combined staffing and funding pressures will be able to claim for funding support through…

Local restriction tier posters From Wednesday 2 December, England will move into local restriction tiers where different tiers of restrictions apply in different parts of the country. The Cabinet Office…

New DfE funding to pay for mentor time is much needed, says Haili Hughes – Covid has left many teachers struggling alone. The Department for Education has just confirmed that it will…

The DfE is once again showing signs of wanting to progress its review of the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) market, first announced nearly two years ago as a part of…