Schools policy Long read Gibb’s reform reflections: EBacc regrets, academy lessons and ‘trad’ label misgivings The long-serving former Tory schools minister looks back at his reforms in a new book. Here are 13 interesting… John Dickens 1h John Dickens 1h Schools Exclusive Chartered College plans to appoint ‘professors of teaching’ The professional body for teachers hopes the roles can ‘raise the status and prestige of the profession’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d News Attendance rates improve this year, but severe absence worsens Government lauds improvement in attendance this year, but number of pupils with ‘severe absence’ worsens Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Behaviour Exclusive DfE review to tackle behaviour and ‘preventable’ exclusions Government plans ‘expert’ review and new toolkits to help schools crackdown on misbehaviour, exclusions and bullying Ruth Lucas 4d Ruth Lucas 4d Schools £22.5m announced for after-school clubs to help ‘isolated’ kids Up to 400 schools will get a share of the three-year investment to boost extra-curricular activities Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d News Special trust to join 16-school MAT Merger plans revealed for ‘truly inclusive’ trust as more MATs look to add SEND expertise Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d Academies Pioneering free school censured over ‘inaccurate’ budget forecasts Notice to improve issued to one of England’s first free schools amid string of rule breaches Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d News Trust has ‘no plans’ for widespread virtual teacher rollout after backlash Star Academies says plans for pupils to be taught maths from hundreds of miles away is ‘not a blanket… Ruth Lucas 7d Ruth Lucas 7d News ‘Little progress’ made in closing university progression gap Progress to get more disadvantaged pupils to attend university has stalled, warns think tank Ruth Lucas 1w Ruth Lucas 1w Exams WJEC exam board fined £350k after wrong food GCSE results Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 food preparation and nutrition GCSE pupils received incorrect results Jack Dyson 2w Jack Dyson 2w News ‘Expand, don’t downgrade’ language hubs, urges report Report on decline of languages finds pupils in poorer areas 20% less likely to study one at GCSE Ruth Lucas 2w Ruth Lucas 2w News Taskforce launched to reform ‘broken’ SEND system Former ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton will chair the panel, with recommendations expected by mid-autumn Ruth Lucas 2w Ruth Lucas 2w 1 2 3 4 5 6 989 Older
