News Child bereavement plans ‘urgently’ needed in schools Schools should develop a bereavement plan “as a matter of urgency”, campaigners have urged, after research found that more… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y News, Politics Children in need review: What the government has promised The Department for Education has published its response to the children in need review today. Here are the key… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Social mobility will remain a priority for the next prime minister, insists Hinds The government will continue to prioritise social mobility no matter who takes over as prime minister, the education secretary… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Hinds: We’ll change admissions code to ‘accelerate’ school moves for children in need The government will amend the school admissions code to “accelerate” the process of moving vulnerable children between schools, Damian… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News EAL pupils outperform native speakers if they join schools early Pupils with English as an additional language outperform native speakers if they join English schools at a young age,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Mental health training for new teachers New teachers will be trained in how to spot the signs of mental health, it will be announced tomorrow…. John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Keep ‘ethos’ of UTCs you take on, DfE orders academy trusts The government has committed to ensuring academy trusts uphold the “ethos” of the university technical colleges they take on,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News UTC support charity paid £7k for Lord Baker’s personal secretary The Baker Dearing Educational Trust spent nearly £7,000 funding a personal secretary for UTC architect Lord Baker, while raising… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Former academies minister faces accusation of cronyism Former academies minister Lord Nash has been accused of “threatening to allow” an academy trust to “become financially unviable”… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Academy trust loses spending records after finance system switch An academy trust appears to have lost access to financial data from longer than two years ago after changing… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Poorer pupils in coastal areas end up 3 grades behind at GCSE Disadvantaged pupils who live in coastal areas achieve about three grades lower at GCSE than those living in non-coastal… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y News Government gets tough on schools shortening weeks The Department for Education (DfE) has been accused of having a “lack of understanding” of the financial pressures schools… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y Newer 1 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 975 Older