Schools

School leaders and governors named in King’s birthday honours

Forty-eight people with links to England’s school system named in honours list

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy trust central teams: The new world of school management

Many CEOs now lead growing numbers of centrally paid – and sometimes well-paid – senior leaders. We explore why…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
PFI, Schools

PFI payments rise leave headteachers ‘scrimping and scraping’

School budgets squeezed as spiralling inflation triggers £150k PFI hikes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Teach First trims executive team after redundancies

Flagship provider makes redundancies after missing recruitment targets

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher strikes

NEU pays £150k to support staff unions over ballot dispute

TUC panel rules vote of support staff breached principle about recruiting members of other unions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Schools forced to close due to ‘crumbly’ concrete ceilings

Four schools told by DfE to shut after finding reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in ceilings

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Academies

Call for watchdog to investigate academy CEO training contract

Leadership training providers write to Competitions and Markets Authority over National Institute of Teaching contract

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Schools forced to close over water shortages

Children having to learn at home as South East Water blames ‘very high demand’ for tap water

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Strike over Lewisham academies plan called off

Country’s largest federation will put councillor on its board and pledge not to use unqualified teachers

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

British Sign Language GCSE closer to reality as consultation launches

DfE aiming for first teaching of new qualification from 2025

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Uni marking boycott: DfE suspends teacher trainee degree requirement

Graduates now able to start ITT courses before getting their degree this year after temporary rule change

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher training

National Institute of Teaching to run MAT CEO development programme

Recruitment will begin this autumn to develop ‘next generation of courageous, pioneering’ CEOs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth