School improvement Exclusive School improvement unaffordable for country’s biggest council Revelation comes as ministers want local authorities to help drive their new standards agenda Jack Dyson 9mo Jack Dyson 9mo Schools Exclusive New body launched to give council schools policy voice New Maintained School Collective wants to provide a supportive network for council schools to collaborate Samantha Booth 9mo Samantha Booth 9mo Academies Investigation The Lilac Sky files: CEO accused of paying own firms after standing down Schools Week can reveal the bombshell allegations behind a decision to ban Trevor Averre-Beeson from managing schools John Dickens 9mo John Dickens 9mo News Special schools ‘pushed towards crisis’ in Derbyshire Inspectors found ‘widespread and/or systemic failings’ in Derbyshire’s local authority and health services Jack Dyson 9mo Jack Dyson 9mo Pensions First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 proposed Plans would see employee contribution rates rise by up to £200 a year – but lowest-paid would not be… Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo Sponsored post Sponsored Equipping TAs for the Rise in SEND: How Schools Can Benefit from the Specialist Teaching Assistant (STA) Apprenticeship The Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant apprenticeship opens up a new government-funded career pathway for teaching assistants. Here’s how… SWAdvertorial 9mo Educational & Sporting Futures 9mo News DfE told to abolish ‘overwhelmingly negative’ T-level transition course Think tank says foundation year is ‘failing’ in main aim – promoting progression to T-levels Freddie Whittaker 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Teacher training Exclusive ‘Excessive’ 20 hours mentor training requirement scrapped The government will also launch a new re-accreditation round for initial teacher training providers in spring Lucas Cumiskey 9mo Lucas Cumiskey 9mo News EEF regional partnerships to help 300 schools boost outcomes Charity says £700,000 two-year projects will create 10 partnerships, each led by an EEF-supported research school Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo News Youth club closures affected GCSE results, warns IfS report Study also estimates that for every £1 saved from closing youth clubs, ‘there are societal costs of nearly £3’ Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo SEND Council bankruptcy fear ‘dominates’ SEND reform thinking – DfE aide Government adviser also warns of a ‘fear factor’ around reform, and a risk parents will say ‘you’re taking our… Samantha Booth 9mo Samantha Booth 9mo News Three ways to target school funding at worst-off pupils Education Policy Institute urges new government to use falling rolls to target up to £640m a year at ‘persistently… Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo Newer 1 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 989 Older
