Schools

Academy trusts demand energy grants for schools

Confederation of School Trusts also warns 9 in 10 of its members believe pay rises are ‘unaffordable’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ministers set aside £43m for Oak National Academy

Government draws on contingency cash for new quango, as former Gove adviser joins board

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Kit Malthouse: 12 facts about the new education secretary

Meet the man who has replaced James Cleverly in Liz Truss’s first reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Kit Malthouse appointed education secretary in first Truss cabinet

He is the fourth politician to hold the role in just over two months

Freddie Whittaker
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Schools

‘Apocalyptic’: 500 per cent energy price hikes plunge schools into winter crisis

Skyrocketing prices force school leaders into ‘unpalatable’ choices to keep classrooms open this winter

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Lost SATs scandal: More than 2,000 results still missing

Exclusive: Schools Week understands 10 times more papers still missing than in usual year, as calls for probe grow

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Schools

Primary school disadvantage gap widens to largest in 10 years

Government data shows attainment fell further for poorer pupils this year, widening the attainment gap

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Revealed: The 10 academy ‘experts’ advising DfE on leader development

Group will help ministers devise and deliver a new content framework for MAT leadership development

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Grammar schools back on the agenda as Liz Truss becomes PM

New Conservative leader has also backed longer school days and changes to university admissions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools

29 areas vie for spots on council academy trust pilot

Only a third of councils which applied are likely to be able to join the pilot launching their own…

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Tom Belger
News

Ex-schools minister Nick Gibb joins board of Tory donor’s trust

Former long-serving schools minister Nick Gibb has returned to the sector as a trustee at an academy trust founded…

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John Dickens