News RSCs will give trusts ‘a steer’ on takeovers to avoid fruitless bids The national schools commissioner has revealed academy trust bosses can get “a steer” on whether their plans to take… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Ofsted slams ‘untenable tension’ in wake of school strikes A school in which disgruntled staff staged a series of strikes has been put in special measures after Ofsted… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive Figures show rise in teacher mental health sick days Massage treatments, 24/7 helplines and walking groups are among the services schools are providing to help teachers’ mental wellbeing…. James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive Ofsted: ‘Mass entry to BTECs is not always gaming’ Ofsted has moved to quash fears among schools that enrolling a high percentage of pupils in certain BTEC qualifications… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Lord Agnew’s DfE career in Schools Week front pages Lord Agnew, the former academies minister, has departed the Department for Education. The academy trust founder has got a… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive DfE in ‘serious data breach’ after naming whistleblowers The government chose not to redact the names of three whistleblowers who gave evidence relating to cheating allegations against… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE proposes legal definition of ‘full-time’ education The government is seeking to define what constitutes full-time education in law for the first time, as part of… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Three-quarters of grammars turned down for £14.3m expansion cash Six grammar schools across four local authority areas will split £14.3 million to expand and create an extra 1,100… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Baroness Berridge appointed as education minister Baroness Berridge has been appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Education. The Conservative peer was… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive Ministers want academy trusts to open their own AP Some of England’s largest academy trusts are considering establishing their own alternative provision for excluded pupils. It comes as… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive: Lord Agnew ‘to leave’ the DfE Academies minister Lord Agnew is to leave the Department for Education, Schools Week understands. The Tory peer has been… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Ofsted extends curriculum grace period for a year Schools will get an extra year to bring their curriculum into line with Ofsted’s new inspection framework, after the… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y Newer 1 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 980 Older
