Secure schools

Young offenders to be pulled out of country’s first secure school

Charity running the school says youngsters will be moved to other facilities until faulty doors fiasco resolved

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Tim Coulson named new DfE regions group director general

Unity Schools Partnership CEO announced as John Edwards’s replacement in key DfE position

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
GCSEs and A-levels

Inside the exams factory: how GCSE and A-level grades are made 

Each year, more than one million youngsters sit exams that often shape their career paths. But how does an…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Breakfast clubs

DfE seeks business sponsors to boost flagship breakfast scheme impact

Government says industry providers can help schools ‘make greater impact’ – and promises ‘promotional rights’ in return

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Sponsored post

How smarter buying can help UK schools make ends meet

UK schools are under financial duress – but digital procurement has the potential to save money, eliminate inefficiencies and…

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Amazon Business
Schools policy

Gibb’s reform reflections: EBacc regrets, academy lessons and ‘trad’ label misgivings

The long-serving former Tory schools minister looks back at his reforms in a new book. Here are 13 interesting…

John Dickens
John Dickens


Schools

Chartered College plans to appoint ‘professors of teaching’

The professional body for teachers hopes the roles can ‘raise the status and prestige of the profession’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Attendance rates improve this year, but severe absence worsens

Government lauds improvement in attendance this year, but number of pupils with ‘severe absence’ worsens

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Behaviour

DfE review to tackle behaviour and ‘preventable’ exclusions

Government plans ‘expert’ review and new toolkits to help schools crackdown on misbehaviour, exclusions and bullying

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Schools

£22.5m announced for after-school clubs to help ‘isolated’ kids

Up to 400 schools will get a share of the three-year investment to boost extra-curricular activities

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Special trust to join 16-school MAT

Merger plans revealed for ‘truly inclusive’ trust as more MATs look to add SEND expertise

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Pioneering free school censured over ‘inaccurate’ budget forecasts

Notice to improve issued to one of England’s first free schools amid string of rule breaches

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson