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DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco

Jonathan Slater had just eight months left in post, but was pushed out in spate of perm sec departures

DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps

Leaders also asked to ‘use their own networks to encourage sign-up’

DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term

The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates

Covid close contact daily testing brought back and air purifiers ‘marketplace’ launched

Students will be expected to take tests for a week under new national approach

Top university places up 28% after record A-level results

Accepted student numbers on competitive courses have soared

The Schools Week & FE Week Festive Advent Calendar

Twelve days of festive fun with multiple competitions, prizes and fundraising

Social background and college type can affect earnings and progression

Social mobility charity Sutton Trust is calling for the pupil premium to extend to 16-19s.

Zahawi and Javid encourage school and college student vaccine take-up

The education and health secretaries have urged parents to get their children vaccinated to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Nadhim Zahawi and health secretary Sajid Javid have written to the parents of secondary school and college students today warning “vaccines are our best defence”. The pair have also urged parents to keep testing their children […]

Revealed: The 88 providers that won national adult education budget tender funding

Half of the 88 training providers to win funding in the government’s national adult education budget (AEB) tender did not hold a procured AEB contract last year, FE Week analysis has found. Outcomes for the delayed procurement were communicated to providers last month and the list of winners has now been released. A total of […]