News Exclusive Holland Park school spent £15k on Farrow & Ball paint and £6k on Jo Malone candles A state school is facing potential government action after a Schools Week investigation unearthed thousands of pounds have been… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News School absence fines soar by 74% after Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling The number of penalty notices handed out by councils for poor attendance has soared by 74 per cent in… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News School absence rates continue to rise The rate of absence from English schools continued to rise in 2017-18, new government data shows. According to the… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News E-ACT chief executive David Moran to stand down The chief executive of one of England’s most high-profile academy chains is to step down after six years at… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘Insufficient’ educational psychologists to ‘meet demand’ from schools, warns government report There are “insufficient” educational psychologists currently working and in the training pipeline to meet demand, a new report has… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Inspiration boss Rachel de Souza urges heads: ‘Do not be servants of DfE policy’ The boss of a high-profile academy trust has urged headteachers “not to be servants of DfE policy”, or take… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Buckinghamshire school support company goes into liquidation A company which provided school improvement, governor support and other services to hundreds of schools in Buckinghamshire is to… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Small ‘good’ schools may get exemption from longer inspections The country’s smallest ‘good’-rated primary schools may avoid having new two-day inspections under Ofsted’s proposed inspection framework, one of… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’ Legal challenges by schools over Ofsted judgments are often a “colossal waste of taxpayers’ money”, a senior inspector has… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Government consults on plans to withdraw funding for BTECs The government is considering withdrawing funding for BTECs and other qualifications that “overlap” with A-levels, Damian Hinds has announced…. Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Two-fifths of schools have buckets catching drips from leaky roofs Two in five teachers work in schools that have buckets set up to catch drips when it rains, it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Microsoft researcher to head up new National Centre for Computing Education A Microsoft researcher who also chairs the group behind the controversial master computing teachers programme has been put in… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 986 Older