News

DfE plots law change to speed up school-based nurseries

Ministers want first new provision in surplus primary school buildings to open next year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

LEGO play professor among new DfE science council appointees

Cambridge Professor Paul Ramchandani among 12 experts appointed to provide ‘advice and challenge’ on issues like SEND and mental…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
CEO pay

37 trusts named and shamed in new ‘outlier’ CEO pay crackdown

But the MAT with England’s best-paid CEO – who earns almost £500k a year – isn’t one of them

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue

New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

6 key school findings from biggest annual parent survey

Worrying findings on school absences, home education and children feeling unsafe at school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Phillipson urges ‘patience’ on SEND reforms

Education secretary adds she is looking at how to help mainstream schools run their own special needs provision

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


News

DfE to review ‘complicated’ school maintenance funding system

‘We know there’s room for improvement’, admits senior civil servant

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Revealed: The 125 leaders in the running for CST policy group

The elected group will draw on leaders from across England and give feedback on policy issues facing academies

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

Dates revealed for curriculum review national roadshow 

11 events scheduled this autumn for sector to give their views

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Call for action as 400,000 children await autism or ADHD appointments

Getting a neurodevelopmental condition diagnosis one of the ‘only ways’ to unlock school support, warns children’s commissioner

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Labour MP seeks to make school phones ban compulsory

Draft law from Josh MacAlister would put phone guidance on a statutory footing – but it’s unclear if it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Ethos, Bright Futures, Priestley, CAM academy trusts

This week’s movers and shakers include a musician who shared a stage with ELO, someone with a history of…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter