News Schools denied access to PFI ‘centre of excellence’ Schools have been “snubbed” from accessing the Treasury’s new private finance initiative (PFI) “centre of excellence”. Philip Hammond, the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Ministers concerned over ‘continuing drift’ of SEND pupils to special and AP schools Ministers are concerned about the “continuing drift” of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities into special schools and… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive MPs to investigate careers spending as quango gets more DfE funding MPs will investigate whether careers funding is value for money after the government abandoned plans to make the Careers… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Hundreds of schools offered government improvement support More than 1,600 schools have been offered improvement support by the government after ministers changed how they intervene in… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Academy option reopened for sixth-form colleges The government is to reopen the option for sixth-form colleges to academise – widening its pool of potential sponsors…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Ofsted mulls creating school reviews website Ofsted has refused to rule out creating a TripAdvisor-style reviews website for parents after more than three quarters of… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Heads ‘not scared’ of industrial action over funding, says union leader Headteachers are “not scared” of taking industrial action over school funding, says the head of the country’s largest school… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Help me sort out special needs funding, Hinds tells heads The government will seek the views of schools on whether special needs funding should be reformed to make it… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Online memory games can boost maths scores by 3 months, says EEF Playing online games that aid short-term memory can help to boost maths scores for primary pupils by three months,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Move work experience to sixth form and spread it throughout the year, says think tank Work experience should take place in sixth form and beyond and be spread throughout the year, rather than happening… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News OGAT under fire for plans to make misbehaving pupils repeat a year An academy trust is under fire for its new behaviour policy that states poorly-behaved pupils will be kept behind… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Opportunity areas suffer from lack of cross-government support, MPs warned Opportunity areas are suffering from a lack of support from other governmental departments, board representatives have warned MPs. The… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y Newer 1 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 980 Older