News School mascot Brian the Lion has out-of-this-world experience A primary school mascot captured an out-of-this-world selfie after being launched 20km into space. Westleigh Methodist primary school, in… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Exclusive First applications for UTCs in five years – but not as you know it The first applications in five years have been lodged for new university technical colleges – but there’s a catch…. James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Catholic academy trust bans ‘non-Catholic’ 11-plus exams in its schools A Catholic academy trust has banned its 19 primary schools from hosting 11-plus exams that “promote non-Catholic schools”. In… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Exclusive Gorse trust criticised by Ofsted after leaders fail to explain movements to AP An academy trust accused of planning to off-roll its underperforming pupils has been criticised over unexplained pupil moves and… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News LGBT protest school head hopes court victory will help other schools The headteacher of a school at the centre of fierce protests over LGBT-inclusive lessons hopes her landmark court victory… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Schools WILL get share of £100bn capital cash despite manifesto omission, insists Williamson Schools will benefit from a share of the Conservatives’ £100 billion infrastructure fund if the party regains power, but… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Paws for thought: Why an academy trust spent £12k on dogs to tackle pupil anxiety An academy trust has spent £12,000 buying a dog for each of its four schools, claiming that it is… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Exclusive Questions over declaration of academy trust’s £20k flat for CEO An academy trust spent almost £20,000 renting a two-bedroom flat for its chief executive – and won’t say whether… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Johnson pledges ‘no-notice’ Ofsted inspections Boris Johnson has pledged to trial “no-notice” Ofsted inspections for schools if he is re-elected. In a surprise announcement,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Academies struggling with apprentice hiring target Just 7 per cent of academy trusts and large academies met a new apprenticeship recruitment target in the first… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Government misses secondary teacher training target for SEVENTH year in row The government has failed to meet its secondary school teacher recruitment target for the seventh year running – with… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News University admissions gap between rich and poor students still ‘far too wide’ The gap in university admissions rates between rich and poor students is still “far too wide”, a union leader… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y Newer 1 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 981 Older
