Schools Educate parents about progress 8 to narrow attainment gap Study finds parents do not consistently apply to their ‘most effective’ school John Dickens 2y John Dickens 2y RAAC RAAC: 8 things we learned from Baroness Barran Minister and DfE boss appear in front of MPs as number of affected schools balloons to 174 Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y RAAC RAAC: Keegan under fire over holiday and ‘portacabin’ claims Education secretary slammed for going on holiday after ministers advised to close RAAC schools (and saying children ‘prefer portacabins’) Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y RAAC RAAC: DfE lists 174 schools now affected Government reveals 27 more schools have had RAAC identified in their buildings Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Ofsted Ofsted: 7 key findings from its geography subject report Despite many improvements in geography teaching, Ofsted noted issues including a lack of staff and fieldwork Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Schools Business leaders should be on workload taskforce, says ISBL The body representing school business leaders said it did ‘not understand’ why they’d been left out Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Schools Exclusive Failed construction company leaves DfE £2m out of pocket Documents filed by administrators show the DfE was owed £2m when Caledonian Modular collapsed Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Schools Delayed DBS checks leave teachers waiting in the wings Target to process four in five enhanced checks for education staff missed in August, figures show Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Workload Revealed: The 14 sector leaders on DfE’s workload reduction taskforce Government also promises to update 2019 recruitment strategy, and new toolkit for flexible working Schools Week Reporter 2y Schools Week Reporter 2y Schools Adjudicator backs council’s objections to trust’s year 7 intake cut Case is another example of the disconnect between councils and trusts in school admissions system Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y Schools Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from ‘approved letting agent’ to ‘ensure parents had link to… Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y Schools Teachers wrongly told they’d failed to make pension payments One teacher said the bungle caused a ‘great deal of upset and unnecessary worry’ Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 972 Older