Schools Matchmaker trusts to help DfE improvement drive Seven institutions awarded £646k contract to broker support for struggling schools Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Thriving: Steps towards a mentally healthy school so no child faces mental health problems alone Creating and maintaining a mentally healthy school may seem daunting, but help is at hand. Place2Be 3y Place2Be 3y Schools DfE hikes teacher training bursaries, but budget still £70m less than 2020 Increase in bursaries in shortage subject represents tacit admission slashing support last year was a mistake Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Long-awaited EEF phonics study shows ‘disappointing’ progress But EEF urges caution over findings on government-approved Ruth Miskin phonics scheme as trial hit by problems Schools Week Reporter 3y Donna Ferguson 3y Politics Ex-DfE adviser Lehain becomes think tank head of education The former New Schools Network chief left his government role last month after less than a year Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 Newer 1 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 1,018 Older