News Phonics check pass rate falls for the first time The proportion of year 1 pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” in the phonics screening check has fallen for… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Schools should ‘consider implications’ of teachers offering paid tuition, says Sutton Trust Schools have been warned to “consider the implications” of teachers offering or promoting paid tuition after a survey found… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Academy trust leaders struggling to juggle finances and growth The majority of academy trust leaders are worried that growth could have a negative effect on schools in their… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y News Ofsted warns of ‘excessive’ restraint after 300% rise in violence at ‘unsafe’ special school “Excessive” use of restraint, growing violence and “serious” behaviour problems have been uncovered in a damning Ofsted report of… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Teachers want professional help to tackle exclusions, says RSA Teachers want help from professionals to tackle exclusions rather than undergoing more training, a new survey has found. A… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Extend free school meals to secondary pupils, says shadow minister Labour should look to extend the availability of free school meals to secondary schools “at the earliest possible opportunity”,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News State schools fall behind in harnessing alumni to boost pupils’ job prospects Private schools are more than twice as likely as their state counterparts to call on alumni to help open… Kathryn Snowdon 6y Kathryn Snowdon 6y News 17 new free schools opened with no sports facilities Seventeen free schools that opened last year did not have any on-site sports facilities, the government has admitted. A… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Labour pledges 32-hour working week, but will it work for teachers? School staff and other workers across England have been promised “a shorter working week with no loss of pay”… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Boss of failed WCAT ‘spent £1,500 on dog pen for his offices’ The head of Wakefield City Academies Trust spent £1,500 on a dog pen for his offices as his trust… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Anti-private school motion passes at Labour conference Delegates at the Labour Party conference have passed a motion calling on the party to “integrate” private schools into… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y LPC, News, Politics Angela Rayner: Full text of Labour Conference 2019 speech Labour activists heard from Angela Rayner at the party’s annual conference this morning. Here is what she said. Conference,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 1,030 Older