News Illegal schools have ‘drills’ to avoid scrutiny, says Ofsted director Illegal schools have prepared “drills” for Ofsted visits that include sending children “running out of every door” when inspectors… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Ofsted faces complaint over ‘oversimplified language’ in new reports An academy trust has complained to Ofsted about the “oversimplified language” inspectors used to describe its failings at a… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Pre-U, A-level equivalent favoured by private schools, to be scrapped A post-16 qualification that was popular with England’s private schools is to be scrapped, the exam board that administers… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Failing academies ‘left in limbo’ as lack of sponsors causes ‘bottleneck’ A bottleneck caused by a lack of sponsors means nearly two-thirds of ‘inadequate’ academies have failed to be transferred… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Schools told to reschedule flu vaccinations as nasal spray deliveries delayed Schools have been told they will need to reschedule flu vaccination sessions planned for later this month after some… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News, Politics Williamson repeats dodgy stat 24 hours after warning The education secretary repeated misleading claims while lauding the Conservatives’ record on schools – a day after the statistics… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Exclusive Blacklisted academies boss is working with schools again The head of two failed free schools who was secretly blacklisted by the government is working with schools again… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Recruitment drive as Ofqual cracks down on non-compliance Ofqual is beefing up its compliance teams as part of a crackdown on exam boards following high-profile mishaps and… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News, Politics McDonnell: We’ll replace and upgrade schools with share of £150bn fund Schools will receive money from a new £150 billion “social transformation fund” under a Labour government, John McDonnell will… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News, Politics DfE reminds schools to ‘avoid partisan activity’ as election looms School staff are being reminded to “avoid activity that could be construed as partisan or favouring a particular political… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Astrea’s founding chief executive to step down after 4 years at helm Libby Nicholas will step down as chief executive of the Astrea Academy Trust which she helped found four years… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News The show must go on! Government steps in to save school nativities The government will fund councils to find alternative venues for polling stations to ensure school nativities and Christmas concerts… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y Newer 1 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 1,005 Older