News Gibb commits £5m to continue culture and music schemes The government has committed £5 million to extend cultural education schemes aimed at getting school pupils to play instruments,… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News The top 10 most read Schools Week stories in 2019 From secret government money-saving reports, pupils being sent to the back of the queue for lunch if they have… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News New Year’s Honours 2020: Former academy trust head made a Dame Former academy trust boss Dr Caroline Allen has been made a dame in the new year’s honours list. Allen,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News, Opinion Should inspections be ‘no-notice’ for inspectors as well as schools? Following the Conservatives’ election victory, no-notice inspections of schools are likely to be trialed in England. Colin Richards believes this… Freddie Whittaker 6y COLIN RICHARDS 6y News Number of NLEs and NLGs drops 20% as system leadership review continues The number of national leaders of education and governance working in the school system has declined by around a… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Small schools could miss out on ‘top-up’ funding, DfE warned The Department for Education has pledged to consider changes to its national funding formula after it was warned that… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Halfon to seek re-election as education committee chair Robert Halfon, the former education minister who chaired the Parliamentary education committee for the past two-and-a-half years, will seek… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Pay rise means Holland Park head gets £270k to run one school One of the best paid academy chiefs in the country has received yet another pay rise and is now… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News, Politics Queen’s Speech 2: Nothing new for schools as government focuses on funding There were no new policies for schools in today’s Queen’s speech, with ministers focusing instead on existing pledges on… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News New ‘orphan schools’ trust takes on first school An academy trust set up by the government to run so-called “orphan schools” has been approved to take on… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News School funding settlement ‘won’t help schools in financial hardship’ Government plans to “level up” school funding risks wasting public money and will fail to help schools struggling with… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News School slams ‘unjust’ Ofsted rating after criticism for ‘gaming’ and off-rolling A Merseyside school has hit back after it was rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted and criticised for past off-rolling and… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Newer 1 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 1,015 Older