News Revealed: How the DfE plans to increase financial transparency in maintained schools The government wants local authority schools to get permission for any related-party transactions from their council under plans to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE: More schools tackling workload, despite poor take-up of new ‘toolkit’ Ministers say more schools are tackling teacher workload, despite less than half of leaders having made use of new… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Nearly 1 in 5 schools ‘not in line’ with guidance on managing asbestos Almost a fifth of schools are not managing asbestos in line with government guidance, a long-awaited report has revealed…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Gibb: More prescriptive LGBT guidance wouldn’t have prevented protests More prescriptive guidance forcing primary heads to teach about LGBT relationships would not have prevented protests outside schools in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Teacher training providers will take control as DfE confirms end of QTS tests Teacher training providers will be responsible for making sure prospective teachers have adequate literacy and numeracy skills from October,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Report claims academy oversight costs 44% more per pupil The systems of oversight for academies cost 44 per cent more per pupil than those of local authority schools,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Three-in-four teachers feel they are less valued Three quarters of teachers believe their work is less valued now than it was five years ago. According to… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Speed-read: The DfE’s 9 school sport plan commitments The government has today published its School Sport and Activity Action Plan. Here’s your trusty Schools Week round-up of… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Ofsted concerned over lack of accountability and self-evaluation in MATs Ofsted has criticised academy trusts for “weak” self-evaluation and called on the government to publish a quality framework to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive DfE: Holland Park School did not break rules over luxury spending The government has ruled that a single-academy trust that spent thousands on luxury paint and pays its head £260,000… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News £2.5m scheme to help schools open-up facilities to get more kids active Hundreds of after-school clubs will be created and school facilities will be opened up at weekends and holidays as… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y News Teach First offered places to 82% of assessed applicants Teach First has recruited its largest cohort of trainee teachers by allowing way more applicants through assessment and taking… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y Newer 1 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 1,017 Older
