Guidance
The latest news, analysis and best-practice advice when it comes to official education guidance coming from the government, inspectorates and governing bodies
Thursday
10th Mar 2022
3 ways to close education’s worrying careers-guidance gap
New research has unmasked divides between schools when it comes to the careers guidance they are able to offer. The CEO of the Sutton Trust explains how this inequality could be tackled
Schools ‘lack funding’ for careers guidance
All schools should have a professional careers adviser because the quality of careers guidance is too varied, says Sutton Trust report
Wednesday
9th Mar 2022
Exclusive: Oak to become new UK online academy quango
The government is to hand a new UK-wide online curriculum contract to the remote learning provider, Tes understands
‘Rationalise’ school data systems to cut absence, says commissioner
Dame Rachel de Souza publishes her interim report investigating attendance data collection across the school system
Thursday
3rd Mar 2022
DfE under fire over catch-up target confusion amid NTP ‘challenges’
Schools minister admits to ‘challenges’ and that the government ‘needs to keep doing better’ over its flagship Covid catch-up programme
The end of Covid rules: 3 key legal issues for schools
Lawyers explain what the end of the legal requirement to self-isolate means for schools when pupils or staff test positive or show Covid symptoms