News Ofqual rolls over £300k legal costs war chest as exams return Moving back to exams has ‘transferred the risk of exceptional legal costs’ Schools Week Reporter 3y Schools Week Reporter 3y Ofsted ‘Put the blinkers on and ignore Ofsted’ says government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh says she doesn’t see inspectorate as a ‘force for good’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Ofsted Labour will ‘look at’ Ofsted grades as part of watchdog reforms Shadow education secretary says parents don’t always have a ‘clear sense’ of what school ratings mean Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Teacher pay Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence Ministers’ submission includes analysis of the teacher recruitment and retention market, as well as staff pay trends Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Teacher pay Pay reforms leave women teachers out of pocket Decline in progression after 2014 reforms ‘more pronounced’ for part-time staff, DfE analysis finds Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Stop ‘clogging’ curriculum with ‘reams of guidance’, Barton tells ministers Union leader says it’s time to ‘strip back our national curriculum to its essential core’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Exclusive PFI firm makes millions as taxpayers pay £870,000 a year for empty school Wirral council faces eye-watering annual PFI bills despite Kingsway Academy lying empty since 2018 Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Exclusive DfE to help schools on PFI handover – but guidance ‘too late’ Government guidance admits hundreds of projects risk ‘disruption’ and paying twice for repairs when PFI deals eventually expire Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools The head taking on PFI firms over new school ‘riddled’ with leaks Newman RC College held back funds from PFI firms and threatened legal action against a council over repeated building… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y SEND High Court issues council ‘wake-up call’ on special needs delays Children were waiting over a year for their care plans to be updated Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Academies AET issued government warning over troubled school Trust told it must show ‘capacity to deliver rapid and sustained improvement’ Schools Week Reporter 3y Schools Week Reporter 3y Covid ‘Extreme concern’ Covid inquiry won’t focus enough on education Inquiry chair urges public to respond to consultation Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 973 Older