Schools School caterers turn to processed foods as cost and supply issues bite A survey of catering providers by LACA shows the quality of school dinners is likely to worsen Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Academies Exclusive Spin-off academy trusts can solve rural school dilemma, say LAs Council plans seen by Schools Week will boost ministers’ hopes for ‘orphan’ schools Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Attendance improves, but de Souza says it’s still not good enough The latest official estimates put attendance rates nationally at 94.6 per cent in the week from September 12 Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Investigation Are all schools really getting extra funding? Critics accuse ministers of ‘levelling down’, particularly in areas such as London Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Politics Schools minister pledges pupil premium probe Gullis said he feared some schools spend the £2.6bn grant ‘in ways that the funding is not intended’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies Half of trusts ‘against central pooling’ of school budgets A small poll suggests MAT leaders value centralised funding but are wary of deterring potential new trust schools Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Exclusive Crisis charity reports surge in school teachers at risk ‘Poor children are a particular source of distress for educators, it hits teachers in a way that little else… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Schools Exclusive DfE property arm eyes hundreds of school sites for housing LocatEd told by department to assess 316 school sites for potential selloff, with more ‘expected’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Exclusive DfE’s ITT reforms adviser joins Teach First board Will Bickford Smith previously taught via the education charity, before leading the controversial reforms in government Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Ofsted Ofsted snubs calls to publish inspector training guides School leaders are demanding the watchdog publish ‘aide memoires’ summarising inspection criteria after some were leaked Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools Schools have surplus land ‘the size of central London’ DfE property company director says selling off land for housing can generate funding for schools Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Key stage 1 attainment down across the board in first tests since 2019 Proportion of pupils meeting ‘expected standard’ falls in phonics, reading, writing and maths – with poorer pupils further behind Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 977 Older
