News New reception baseline test needs ‘further development work’ The new test, which will include on-screen elements, has already been delayed by a year Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Academies Exclusive Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss Leora Cruddas also says government ‘must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to… Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Podcast Podcast: John Dickens interviews Sir Kevan Collins Labour’s school standards tsar Sir Kevan Collins spoke to Schools Week for its latest podcast episode. Here, he talks… Schools Week Reporter 8mo Schools Week Reporter 8mo Academies Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national… Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo News Ofsted: Mainstream accountability focus risks SEND ‘flexibility’ Leaders said staff shortages were a ‘barrier to meeting children and young people’s aspirations for the future’, the report… Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Schools Exclusive 11-hour school day pays dividends A report showed missed homework sanctions were down 12 per cent and stars for good behaviour were up 16… Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Lucas Cumiskey 8mo School buildings Exclusive Council barred from using £200k grant to repair schools Barnet council wanted to move the cash from its dedicated schools grant reserves for ‘urgent and unbudgeted repairs’ Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo Academies Brighton academy trust ditches controversial 20% GAG-pool Trust rocked by strikes ‘committed to ending’ GAG pooling policy, as it opts to top-slice instead Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo News ‘No evidence’ streaming and setting harms poorer pupils’ outcomes – study But study also finds ‘tentative signs’ primary teachers feel more comfortable supporting struggling students when ability grouping is used Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Exclusions £21k fine for exclusions ‘won’t happen’, says council official Devon had planned to introduce an exclusions levy under a push for inclusion Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo Ofqual MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job MPs hope he will serve a full term and ‘restore much-needed stability’ to Ofqual Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Academies Exclusive Academy trusts offer schools £25k ‘golden hellos’ as DfE grant dropped The government will scrap grants to aid schools convert to academy status in the new year Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo Newer 1 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 989 Older