News 31 trusts fail to justify pay – but DfE admits it’s powerless to act Thirty-one academy trusts have failed to justify their levels of executive pay to the government, the Department for Education… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Revealed: Unfunded support staff pay rise leaves specialist schools struggling Pay rises for support staff are crippling academy trusts that have specialist provision schools – with one trust facing… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Concerns over failing schools make no impact on local elections Politicians in councils ranked among the worst in the country for school performance held on to their seats at… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Breaktimes cut by up to 65 minutes a week, and 6 other findings from a landmark study A landmark study on school breaktimes show they are getting shorter, taking up more staff and are more likely… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ESFA pulled £3m funding pledge when academy refused to join a MAT The government revoked a £3 million pledge to fix a school’s crumbling building because its leaders refused to join… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Ofsted: Quarter of teachers have witnessed off-rolling A quarter of teachers have witnessed off-rolling in schools, with two thirds of these believing the practice is on… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Former free schools chair broke the law over £500k payments to own company, report finds The former chair of two free schools broke the law over payments of more than £500,000 to his own… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Two senior civil servants appointed as RSCs Two senior civil servants have been appointed as regional schools commissioners – seemingly signalling the end of school leaders… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News, Politics Hinds pledges £2m to help schools tackle child exploitation Schools will get help to tackle child criminal or sexual exploitation under a £2 million scheme announced by the… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News AQA to replace exam papers after batch stolen The exam board AQA will replace four exam papers already sent to schools after a batch was stolen. Police… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Council advised schools against applying for EHC plans A council has been accused of trying to discourage schools from applying for Education Health and Care plan for… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Computing education in ‘steep decline’ after reforms, warns report The number of computing or ICT qualifications sat by pupils fell 45 per cent last summer, prompting academics to… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y Newer 1 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 986 Older
