News Rural and coastal schools feel isolated from government support, research finds Ministers should review how schools bid for government support and intervention to improve access for isolated schools, researchers have… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Scrap GCSEs in favour of ‘holistic baccalaureate’ says education committee chair GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped and replaced with one “holistic baccalaureate” for 18-year-olds which recognises academic and technical… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News New free school applications process reveals workload push The government has been accused of “unsubtly crow-barring” its need to reduce teacher workload into the new wave of… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News DfE took no action against schools that ignored new careers duty The Baker clause has been labelled a “law without teeth” after it emerged the government did not take any… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Ark English mastery programme and ‘glasses for classes’ scheme get EEF trials An English mastery programme “incubated” by one of England’s most prominent multi-academy has been selected for a trial by… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Trust hopes PGCE ‘franchise’ will boost Russell Group grad recruitment A trust is in talks to “franchise” a university’s PGCE programme, allowing it to dodge UCAS recruitment and target… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News ‘Systematic failure’ lifts academy trust’s deficit to £2.4m An academy trust in charge of schools for excluded and vulnerable pupils unknowingly racked up a £2.4 million deficit… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Pupils face £2 ‘fines’ to get their phones back A school has been accused of holding pupils’ mobile phones to “ransom” after charging parents £2 to return confiscated… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News DfE plans new Gatsby-style ‘benchmarks’ for character education The government will develop new “benchmarks” for character education against which schools will be required to assess themselves, Damian… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Hinds sets out ‘five foundations’ for character education Damian Hinds will today set out his “five foundations” for character education, and pledge to improve access to extra-curricular… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Home Office delayed free school meals eligibility checks The Home Office prioritised checks on pupils’ immigration status over helping schools to identify migrant children in need of… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News E-ACT insists it has ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to off-rolling after Ofsted findings The sponsor of one of only two schools identified by Ofsted as potentially having off-rolled pupils has insisted it’s… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y Newer 1 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 974 Older
