News Exclusive Ofsted ‘accepts’ OGAT’s high exclusion rate in glowing summary evaluation The head of Outwood Grange Academies Trust has said Ofsted “accepted” its “high” fixed-term exclusions as a valid approach… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News 97% of primary teachers support campaign to scrap SATs – NEU poll The vast majority of primary school teachers support a campaign to scrap key stage 2 SATs, the National Education… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Record year for Teach First as two thirds of applicants pass screening The education charity Teach First has recruited a record cohort of trainee teachers after almost two in three passed… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘Healthy schools’ rating scheme finally published – nearly 2 years late The government has finally published details of its “healthy schools” rating scheme – almost two years late. Schools are… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Ban private firms from running special schools, say families affected by sudden school closure Hundreds of parents want private companies banned from running special schools after a healthcare firm announced plans to close… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive ICO receives hundreds of unnecessary school referrals as leaders struggle with GDPR The information watchdog dealt with hundreds of unnecessary referrals relating to schools in the year after tough new data… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ESFA suppressed investigation findings that cleared trust of wrongdoing Ministers refused to release the findings of an independent investigation that cleared a collapsed academy trust from allegations of… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News DfE defends spending £500k first-class travel The Department for Education has defended spending more than £500,000 on train tickets that involved first-class travel, claiming it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Review will consider whether headteacher standards should apply to academy CEOs A review of the government’s headteacher standards will look at whether the guidance should also apply to multi-academy trust… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive ‘The challenge is huge’: Oasis founder reveals vision for England’s first secure school Rev Steve Chalke, founder and leader of the Oasis Charitable Trust, which has just been awarded the contract to… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y News Revealed: The expert panel members tasked with improving teacher wellbeing Union representatives, education experts and school leaders have been appointed to a 26-member expert panel tasked with improving the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Revealed: How ‘vital’ rural schools are fighting to survive Rural schools are fighting for their lives as new figures show they made up 40 per cent of school… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Newer 1 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 1,005 Older
