News

Energy crisis hits schools as bills to rise 50%

Investigation finds leaders are budgeting tens of thousands of pounds to meet soaring costs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Achievement for All charity goes into administration

Organisation cites ‘double impact of the pandemic and current pressures on school budgets’ as it calls in administrators

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Edenred: Free school meals voucher company’s profits jump 29%

Company tasked with providing meal vouchers during pandemic saw overall profits jump to £13.9 million

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

How do you solve a problem like academies?

Ministers face difficult choices as they seek to move more schools into academy trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Private schools

Faith school which segregated staff finally shut down

Rabia Boys and Girls School in Luton was accused of “actively undermining” British values by Michael Wilshaw in 2016

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Covid: Schools ‘picking up the pieces’ amid lack of support services

Schools shouldered ‘significant responsibilities within networks of support that have themselves fragmented’ – UCL report

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Academies

Council ditches ‘forced’ academisation plan as Zahawi softens stance

Tory-led Swindon had proposed to convert all schools to academies by 2025 before a U-turn

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Academies

Academy CEOs earn £127k on average, and men get £15k more

New benchmarking tool sheds more light on executive pay in the academies sector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

£184m NPQs funding now available to all schools after DfE U-turn

Funding for four of six qualifications was previously due to be limited to staff in deprived schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Feature, News

The battle for the future of assessment: ‘We must hasten slowly’

Commissions, reviews and reports on the future of assessment and exams are springing up everywhere. Schools Week investigates …  …

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

‘Breathtaking arrogance’: Pair convicted of running illegal school for second time

Father and daughter were convicted of the same offence in 2019

James Carr
James Carr
Academies

Nominations open for RSC adviser elections

The DfE wants more academy chiefs from under-represented backgrounds to run for election as advisers to regional schools commissioners

Tom Belger
Tom Belger