Department for Education

DfE to roll out AI to track school attendance

The secretary of state for education, Bridget Phillipson, has revealed that the Open Innovation Team (OIT) will be providing support to the Department for Education in the form of AI tools for tracking school attendance.  Schools and responsible bodies can now access the attendance reports tool via the View Your…

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DfE appoints builder for permanent Boxing Academy home

The Department for Education has appointed McLaren Construction to build the Boxing Academy, a 56-student secondary school in Clapton which will serve 12 to 16-year-olds who need an alternative to mainstream education. The new building, set to be complete in September 2026, relocates temporary facilities in Hackney to a nearby site. …

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DfE accepts 4% pay rise for teachers

The government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendation of a 4% pay rise for teachers from September 2025, alongside an additional £615m in funding. However, the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed that schools will still have to fund around 1% of the increase themselves, which it said could…

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Government to pilot digital exam results

The government has launched a digital exam results pilot to help schools and colleges to save up to £30m a year and cut back bureaucracy.  This pilot means that exam certificates will go digital for thousands of students this summer as part of a modernised ‘education record’.  Digital records, which…

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T-level qualifications still less popular than BTECs, NAO finds

The National Audit office has suggested that vocational qualifications such as BTECs remain more popular than T Levels for students and should be retained until T Levels can be fully evaluated. The Department for Education (DfE) launched T Levels following recommendations from the 2016 Sainsbury Review, which outlined the need…

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