News Nearly all schools now restrict mobile phones, survey finds But children’s commissioner study finds few secondaries actually fully ban devices, and online safety still top concern Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5mo SEND Kent council’s controversial special school inclusion plans shelved Proposals to redesignate special schools amid accusations some ‘turned away most complex pupils’ faced legal threats Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo Schools Bill Council chief: ‘We’re not interested in making life difficult for academies’ But new Association of Directors of Children’s Services president says schools need to be ‘where the children are’ Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo NEU Conference Strikes, maternity pay and SATs boycott: NEU conference preview Eight interesting motions that will set the agenda at the education union’s conference next week Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Politics 7 key facts about Oli de Botton, Labour’s new education adviser The careers education and oracy enthusiast has been appointed to advise Sir Keir Starmer – so here’s what you… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5mo News MAT mulls ‘action short of merger’ with other trusts Astrea Academy Trust CEO says ‘there are models for doing things differently’ that would allow trusts to collaborate without… Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo Academies Exclusive Fears Catholic school heads ‘coerced’ into mega-MATs Union raises concerns leaders ‘met with hostility’ amid rows over archdiocese plans for ‘universal academisation’ Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo Schools Parents to get more of their money back from sQuid Company said it had ‘reviewed its refund policy’ after Schools Week revealed parents’ concerns Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Movers and Shakers Russell Hobby to be CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust Ex-NAHT general secretary and Teach First leader announced plans to leave the teacher training charity last year Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo School budgets Long read Outsourced contract rises hit school catering budgets Schools forced to shell out more for contractors as they face triple whammy of food, wage and NI rises Rhi Storer 5mo Rhi Storer 5mo Schools DfE bans former head of ‘holistic’ AP school after Ofsted safety concerns Ofsted inspectors found pupils at the Devon school could access nearby train tracks and industrial units Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5mo Funding Schools’ repair bill ‘much higher’ than £13.8bn estimate High-ranking Whitehall official warns cost to fix crumbling estate ‘almost certain’ to be more than thought Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo Newer 1 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 991 Older