News Government will proceed with £95k public sector pay-off cap A long-awaited £95,000 cap on pay-offs for school staff is to finally be implemented, the government has announced. The… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE confirms it will ‘fully fund’ £830m teacher pension contributions rise next year The government has confirmed it will “fully fund” the estimated £830 million cost of rising pensions contributions for schools… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Let councils ‘scrutinise’ school approaches to exclusions, says Halfon The chair of the parliamentary education committee has demanded extra powers for councils to scrutinise schools’ approach to exclusions…. Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Ex-prosecutor could step in to mediate LGBT education protests A former leading prosecutor has offered to intervene in a bitter dispute over the teaching of LGBT education in… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Academies giant AET gets second school improvement warning in a matter of weeks Another school run by the Academies Enterprise Trust is in hot water and may be rebrokered to another sponsor… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News No ‘parental veto’ on relationships and sex education curriculum, insists Hinds The education secretary has reassured headteachers that consulting with parents about new relationships and sex education “does not provide… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Academy with £20 million PFI contract ordered to improve its finances A school tied into a £20 million PFI contract and with “significant” deficits forecast this year has been ordered… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Some teachers barely earn the minimum wage, warn union leaders Some new teachers are barely earning the national minimum wage because of their pay and the hours they work,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Government-run teacher vacancy website goes live across England The government’s long-awaited teacher vacancy advertising service has finally gone live across England, weeks later than planned. Ministers initially… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Parents in legal challenge over grammar schools’ plan to reduce 11-plus pass mark Parents are raising cash to challenge an academy trust’s plans to lower the pass mark for entry to its… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News ‘Leadership void’ at the DfE gives us time to think, says former schools commissioner The former national schools commissioner says the Department for Education has a “leadership vacuum” with no clear vision for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Charity commission looks into £50k consultancy fees paid to former education secretary The charity commission is looking into whether a school improvement charity has broken rules over “consultancy” fees of more… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Newer 1 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 975 Older
