School News

• Regional schools commissioners: 6 key findings from the education select committee April 13, 2021
  MPs quizzed regional schools commissioners this morning on their roles and support to schools during the coronavirus pandemic. National schools commissioner Dominic Herrington was questioned alongside regional school commissioners Vicky Beer, Sue Baldwin and Andrew Warren. Here’s what we learned…   1. No need for Ofsted MAT inspections because ESFA in control … Ofsted has… […]
• DfE still short of 1.3 million laptop target despite Gibb promise April 13, 2021
  The Department for Education had still not fulfilled its pledge to deliver 1.3 million free laptops to disadvantaged pupils a month after schools fully re-opened, figures show. The latest official data on the provision of devices shows the DfE fell just short of schools minister Nick Gibb’s pledge that all laptops and tablets would be… […]
• Local solutions are what will make music education thrive April 13, 2021
  A new curriculum and some central funding are welcome, but it’s local action that will ensure all children benefit from music education, writes Madelaine Caplin When I arrived at to take up the headship at my current school, I was struck by the fact that there was no music. The children struggled even to sing… […]