Politics DfE plans £6.5m upgrade of Sheffield office Department says work will ‘modernise and refresh the office, increase capacity, and address building condition’ Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Schools Exclusive Councils dawdle on surveying collapse risk building material At least 41 schools across 15 local authorities have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete Tom Belger 2y Jessica Hill and Tom Belger 2y Oak National Academy Oak Academy seeks teachers for subject expert groups A blind application process for its subject expert groups and new permanent board has been launched by Oak National… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Politics DfE schools director general to retire After 37 years in the civil service, McCully will retire in March to spend more time with his family Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Academies Transfer of struggling academy shows pattern of delays Analysis shows transfers take twice as long in some regions and that the speed of conversions has slowed since… Tom Belger 2y Tom Belger 2y Politics ASCL: 7 in 10 school leaders vote to move to formal strike ballot First ever indicative ballot by moderate leaders’ union finds broad support for a formal vote Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Exams Exclusive Ofqual disbands standards committee The standards advisory group, a committee of the Ofqual board, was set up more than a decade ago Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Schools Exclusive Staff absences at twice pre-Covid levels as winter illnesses take their toll Unions call for the government to cover the cost of supply staff and improve ventilation Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Social mobility Exclusive Social mobility tsar quits: ‘I’m doing more harm than good’ Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been in post just over a year, tells Schools Week her reputation for controversial opinions… Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Academies Elite sixth forms and northern BRIT School among free school bids Only one in four of the more than 60 applications will be approved Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Politics Do the maths: Does Sunak’s new year pledge add up? Schools Week does the sums on the prime minister’s vague new year policy announcement John Dickens 2y John Dickens 2y Schools Falling primary numbers force council to consider mergers Lambeth predicts it needs to reduce capacity by 575 to combat a ‘significant strain’ on its primary schools Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Newer 1 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 972 Older
