News Exclusive Two-fifths of schools have buckets catching drips from leaky roofs Two in five teachers work in schools that have buckets set up to catch drips when it rains, it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Microsoft researcher to head up new National Centre for Computing Education A Microsoft researcher who also chairs the group behind the controversial master computing teachers programme has been put in… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Inspectors must declare all consultancy work after rule change Ofsted has tightened its conflicts of interest rules, with inspectors now forced to declare all of their previous and… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Rejected special school bids in areas facing biggest shortfalls The majority of local authorities that have been refused new specialist schools will run out of places three years… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Let grammars use expansion cash to help secondary moderns, says leading head A leading grammar head wants expansion cash redirected to encourage selective schools to give support to secondary moderns. This… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Improving schools won’t suffer under new inspection framework – Spielman The chief inspector of schools has sought to reassure headteachers that improving schools will not be penalised under Ofsted’s… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Ofsted plans to entice middle leaders for inspection secondments Ofsted is to launch a secondment programme for middle leaders who want to spend a year working as full-time… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Performance tables penalise schools with most vulnerable pupils, warns union boss The current system of school league tables stigmatises schools and penalises those with the most vulnerable pupils, union leader… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Ofsted’s off-rolling focus may drive exclusions, leading heads warn Confusion over Ofsted’s off-rolling focus may push more schools to permanently exclude pupils, a leading group of headteachers has… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Ambition Institute plans apprenticeships so schools can dip into £200m levy pot A teacher development charity is in talks to deliver new apprenticeships for teachers and leaders, including chief executives, in… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Trusts fail to make use of £500k DfE takeover funding Trusts given hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government to take over struggling schools have failed to expand,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘We are rubbing pupils’ noses in disappointment’ – union boss GCSEs “rub the noses of pupils in disappointment”, the leader of headteachers’ union ASCL will say today, as he… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 975 Older