Politics 7 key facts about Oli de Botton, Labour’s new education adviser The careers education and oracy enthusiast has been appointed to advise Sir Keir Starmer – so here’s what you… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 8mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 8mo News MAT mulls ‘action short of merger’ with other trusts Astrea Academy Trust CEO says ‘there are models for doing things differently’ that would allow trusts to collaborate without… Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo Academies Exclusive Fears Catholic school heads ‘coerced’ into mega-MATs Union raises concerns leaders ‘met with hostility’ amid rows over archdiocese plans for ‘universal academisation’ Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo Schools Parents to get more of their money back from sQuid Company said it had ‘reviewed its refund policy’ after Schools Week revealed parents’ concerns Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Movers and Shakers Russell Hobby to be CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust Ex-NAHT general secretary and Teach First leader announced plans to leave the teacher training charity last year Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo School budgets Long read Outsourced contract rises hit school catering budgets Schools forced to shell out more for contractors as they face triple whammy of food, wage and NI rises Rhi Storer 8mo Rhi Storer 8mo Schools DfE bans former head of ‘holistic’ AP school after Ofsted safety concerns Ofsted inspectors found pupils at the Devon school could access nearby train tracks and industrial units Lydia Chantler-Hicks 8mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 8mo Funding Schools’ repair bill ‘much higher’ than £13.8bn estimate High-ranking Whitehall official warns cost to fix crumbling estate ‘almost certain’ to be more than thought Jack Dyson 8mo Jack Dyson 8mo SEND Investigation Councils splurge £18m on private special schools with repeated failures Millions funnelled in just one year to settings that have failed independent school standards Rosa Furneaux 8mo Rosa Furneaux 8mo Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted looks at renaming new ‘secure’ grade Watchdog has been warned parents may not know where the word fits on its proposed new sliding scale Lydia Chantler-Hicks 8mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 8mo News Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on education Former head will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Nursery Revealed: The first 300 schools splitting £37m nursery cash Ministers announced last June they would repurpose empty primary school classrooms to create 100,000 childcare places in 3,334 settings Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Newer 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 1,012 Older