News School keeps top grade despite failing emergency inspections A private school is still rated ‘outstanding’ after failing emergency inspections that found pupils were not safe and some… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Deloitte ‘gagged’ by DfE over WCAT chain closure A Big Four accountancy firm that was paid nearly £200,000 to help to close the multi-academy trust WCAT has… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Meet the new masters of the curriculum Academy trusts are leading the way with curriculum development, but it comes at a price. Here, Schools Week looks at… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive DfE gets just 14 funding bids for new voluntary aided schools The Catholic church has admitted its dioceses are finding it “challenging” to open new voluntary-aided schools, after new figures… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Teacher shortage won’t be addressed without more BAME teachers, warns Hinds England’s teacher recruitment and retention crisis will not be solved without an increase in the number of ethnic minority… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Hinds backs headteachers over LGBT education The education secretary Damian Hinds has backed headteachers who teach pupils about LGBT relationships following protests by parents against… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive School forced to pay £270k for healthcare of disabled pupils A school has been forced to pay £270,000 for nursing assistants to help three pupils with profound long-term disabilities… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Academy trust raids £7.7m reserves to resist cuts An academy trust has set aside half of its reserves to prop up its budget rather than make cuts… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News DfE seeks views on use of cladding and sprinklers in schools in wake of Grenfell The government is inviting views on how best to update guidance on fire safety design in schools as part… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News More pupils miss out on first choice of secondary school Half the councils expecting the biggest rise in demand for secondary school places have offered fewer pupils their first… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive DfE gave academy trust £500k despite serious concerns about finances Senior Department for Education officials were alerted to a string of concerns at a high-profile academy trust before it… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Exclusive Spielman ordered sanction of off-rolling school The chief inspector intervened to downgrade the Ofsted rating of a school found to have off-rolled pupils, Schools Week… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 986 Older