Capita loses out on £233m Teachers’ Pension Scheme contract to Indian IT firm Outsourcing firm has run the pension scheme for 27 years, but also recently pulled out of teacher training contract
The key trends in 2023 GCSE and A-level entries Boost in popularity for maths, computing and classical subjects, but language and creative subjects in trouble
Sunak’s maths to 18 expert advisory group revealed They include an architect of the national curriculum, a former Ofqual boss and the CEO of a credit card giant
What’s actually new in Sunak’s maths to 18 (re)announcement? The prime minister sets out new expert group, £6k FE teacher cash offer and extended maths hubs in bid to tackle ‘anti-maths mindset’
DfE offers £3.9m for contractor to help on education climate action plans Provider will recruit ‘expert’ volunteers to offer schools and colleges advice on meeting government’s new climate change strategy requirements
Pearson hires Ofqual’s standards director after BTEC fiasco Ofqual’s director of standards Cath Jadhav will take over as responsible officer for exam board Pearson in July
Ofsted wants experienced school leader to take over from Spielman Job advert for the £165k role states it is an ‘important time’ to lead the watchdog and ’embed’ the ‘relatively new’ inspection framework
Labour proposes ‘report card’ to replace Ofsted grades Bridget Phillipson will say schools and colleges deserve better ‘than a system that is high stakes for staff, but low information for parents’
UTCs group seeks millions from DfE for ‘sleeves’ in schools Interested schools may also have to subsidise running costs of the mini-UTCs in future years