News

Leaked slides reveal Oak’s vision for new curriculum quango

As consultation starts next week, Schools Week reveals how the government arms-length curriculum body is shaping up

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

National Institute of Teaching hints at running iQTS training abroad

One of the founding trust’s leaders also said the NIoT would mean ‘positive disruption’ for the teacher training sector…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

United Learning’s chief operating officer leaves for private school association

Dominic Norrish was ‘integral’ to trust’s success, United say

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Exams

Investigation: Why are our sick children forced to sit exams?

Parents want critically ill pupils to be given teacher assessed grades, rather than have to sit exams just days…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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The View from SIMS Next Gen

Read the latest update from SIMS Next Gen’s Head of Product, Holly Westall

SIMS Next Gen
SIMS Next Gen
Schools

Covid wipes almost a third off academies’ fundraising income

Charity Parentkind said PTA fundraisers upped their hours last year, but suffered from cancelled events and less lucrative virtual…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


Exams

Threat of results delay as exam staff now balloted for strike action

AQA staff told they may face ‘dismiss and re-engage’ if they turn down pay offer

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Holland Park parents now threaten to sue Ofsted in MAT battle

They claim school’s ‘inadequate’ judgment is ‘intended to drive through’ plans to join United Learning

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Six in 10 councils face DfE intervention to cut SEND deficits

All councils also face new guidance on making spending on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities ‘sustainable’

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

‘Patriotic’ Queen book for schools printed in … Italy

Publisher forced to look abroad as there was no UK printer for all 4.5m books

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Zahawi accuses exam board of ‘cultural vandalism’

Education secretary steps in after OCR replaces work of Larkin and Owen with more diverse poems

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Teacher pay rise proposals will ‘exacerbate supply challenges’

The NFER backs higher pay rises, bursaries and bonuses – but secondary teachers should get higher awards than primary…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger