News Exclusive Students ‘unlawfully’ kicked out after missing ‘minimum’ grades A school in north London “unlawfully” booted out sixth-formers halfway through their A-levels because they didn’t achieve high enough… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Spielman says second illegal school conviction is ‘tip of iceberg’ A south London school that charged parents up to £4,500 a year despite “serious safeguarding issues” and poor record-keeping… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘Unanswerable’ Buckinghamshire 11-plus test questions discounted Grammar schools in Buckinghamshire have been forced to discount two questions from their 11-plus entry test after it emerged that… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive OGAT and Inspiration trustee David Earnshaw to chair DfE’s new trust for orphan schools David Earnshaw, the chair of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, will chair a new academy trust set up to… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Ofsted to rewrite ITT inspection framework with focus on behaviour Ofsted will introduce a new framework for inspecting initial teacher training next year with an increased focus on how… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Nick Gibb’s ministerial brief expanded to include early years Schools minister Nick Gibb will take on policy for early years education under an expanded ministerial portfolio. Gibb will… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News National reference test 2020 dates revealed The national reference test will take place in selected schools between February 24 and March 6 next year, Ofqual… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News First Harris academy rated below ‘good’ as Ofsted flags entry to ‘inappropriate’ qualifications The Harris academy trust has received its first ever Ofsted rating below ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ – with inspectors flagging… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Replace GCSE English language with ‘passport to English’, says ASCL commission GCSE English language should be replaced with a “passport in English” qualification to be taken flexibly between the ages… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘Shocking failure of SEND system’ highlighted in damning NAO report The government’s own auditor has revealed that insufficient funding and severely stretched council budgets have left pupils with special… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y News National funding formula: Councils MUST use minimum per-pupil funding levels from 2020-21 Councils will be ordered to pass on new minimum per-pupil funding levels to schools from next year as the… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Revealed: The new activities included in GCSE and A-level PE New activities including figure-skating, water polo and windsurfing have been approved by the government for assessment in PE qualifications…. Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 975 Older