Schools Everything you need to know about potential school strikes Ministers hold crunch union talks as ballots of NEU, NASUWT and NAHT members close this week Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Jessica Hill and Tom Belger 3y 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 3y Amy Walker 3y 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 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y Tom Belger 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y Amy Walker 3y 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 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y John Dickens 3y Newer 1 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 989 Older
