News, Politics Williamson wants free school ‘revolution’ rolled-out across England The education secretary has said he wants to see the free schools programme “spread much more widely” across England…. Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE to develop ‘alternative arrangements’ in case UK leaves Erasmus+ The Department for Education is to develop its own “alternative arrangements” for international education exchanges in case the UK… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Young carers’ bursaries plummet, as union blames complexity in claiming Take-up of bursaries that support young parents while they study has tumbled by over three-fifths in five years –… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Teachers earn £3k less than in 2010, and 5 other EPI analysis findings The Education Policy Institute has published analysis of teacher numbers and spending trends in England. Here are some of… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive TSC head defends ‘high bar’ as 3 in 4 teaching school hub bids rejected Just one in four applicants to the government’s new teaching school hubs programme were approved, new figures show. Data… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘Gross intellectual snobbery’ – former Ofsted strategy chief hits back at academy CEOs Claims by leading academy bosses that Ofsted’s new inspection regime favours middle-class pupils have been dismissed as “nonsense” by… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Ofsted to investigate schools’ financial decision-making Ofsted is set to begin diving into schools’ financial decision-making to test if it provides “more insight” into the… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Exclusive Former Tory policy chief to advise Gavin Williamson at DfE Former Conservative Party researcher and policy chief Innes Taylor has been appointed as a special adviser at the Department… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Is the DfE’s teaching ad spend paying off? The government’s annual spend on teacher recruitment adverts has continued to rise and is now costing an average of… James Carr 6y James Carr 6y News Exclusive Academy CEO still ‘absent’ as whistleblower probe continues An academy boss who has been absent from his own trust since April after threatening to “deal with” a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Leading CEOs: New Ofsted inspections favour middle-class kids The heads of two of the country’s most successful academy trusts have slammed Ofsted’s new regime – claiming “it… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Financial warning for trust that ‘cannot identify’ its own trustees A struggling academy trust that cannot “accurately” identify its members and trustees has been told it must improve its… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Newer 1 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 1,030 Older