LPC, News, Politics The 4 schools policies in Angela Rayner’s Labour conference speech Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, has addressed the Labour Party conference in Brighton. In a short speech, Rayner… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive CPD firms struggle as funding squeeze shifts landscape Two major school membership organisations have posted losses as schools tighten their belts in the face of budget restraints…. John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Labour would replace Ofsted with Local Authority ‘health checks’ A Labour government would replace Ofsted with a new inspection system involving local authorities running “health checks” on schools…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ofsted recruits 30 inspectors to ramp up outstanding school visits Ofsted has launched a £2 million pound recruitment push ahead of the expected lifting of the exemption for “outstanding”… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y News Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2019 The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2019-20 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In July,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Investigation: The free schools left homeless for years Almost half of the new free schools of the past three years opened in temporary accommodation, with most still… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y LPC, News, Politics Exclusive Labour refuses to rule out replacing Ofsted Labour is “looking at all options” for an overhaul of the school accountability system, including replacing Ofsted. In an… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive DfE hits Ctrl-Alt-Delete on computing SCITT plan Plans for a national computing SCITT have crashed after the government failed to attract any “suitable bids” to run… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Going for Gatsby: Schools report careers progress, but some areas lag behind Schools across England are reporting an improved picture of careers support, but some areas are still lagging behind despite… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Longfield demands review as 1 in 5 leave school without good GCSEs The government must take action to stem a “shameful” increase in pupils leaving education without basic qualifications, the children’s… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Schools told to ‘set off alarms’ and ‘drop curriculum’ for climate protests Schools are being advised to “set off alarms” and “drop the curriculum for the day” as part of a… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News 1 in 5 new teachers not employed in state schools within 16 months of qualifying Nearly a fifth of teachers were not teaching in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of qualifying,… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y Newer 1 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 1,030 Older