Academies

Paul Smith to leave Future Academies for White Horse job

Academy leader was first RSC to quit for a job in the sector, joining a minister's trust

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Government food strategy shelves most schools recommendations

Ministers ignore calls to raise free school meals earnings threshold and bring in new accreditation requirements for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

AQA apologises over GCSE physics advance info error

England's largest exam board will award full marks to all pupils for question about circuits in higher tier paper

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Harris Federation pops to Dunelm for new (vice) chair

Furniture giant director Sir Will Adderley has joined the board of the 51-school trust

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

AQA geography GCSE question ‘inaccessible’ to colour-blind pupils

Campaigners criticise paper which included a question with a coloured map and key

James Carr
James Carr
Exams

Be vigilant about ‘despicable’ virus exams email, schools warned

Leaders urged to report suspicious messages after schools targeted

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

‘Risk of imminent failure’: 1 in 3 schools need ‘immediate’ repairs

7,100 schools given worst possible rating for at least one aspect of their buildings

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Holiday free school meals support runs thin as funding dries up

Voucher schemes that continued after the pandemic are beginning to be shelved as government funding becomes more stretched

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

SEND, AP and ‘elite’ sixth forms prioritised in next free schools wave

DfE opens applications for up to 75 free schools with as many as 14,000 places

James Carr
James Carr