News Exclusive DfE: Holland Park School did not break rules over luxury spending The government has ruled that a single-academy trust that spent thousands on luxury paint and pays its head £260,000… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News £2.5m scheme to help schools open-up facilities to get more kids active Hundreds of after-school clubs will be created and school facilities will be opened up at weekends and holidays as… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y News Teach First offered places to 82% of assessed applicants Teach First has recruited its largest cohort of trainee teachers by allowing way more applicants through assessment and taking… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y News Tighten rules on parental consultation before academy conversion, DfE told Ministers are under pressure to draw up stronger rules on how thoroughly schools must consult before becoming academies after… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Mental health training programme for schools rolled out nationally A programme to improve mental health training in schools and strengthen partnerships with professional NHS services will be rolled… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive QTS skills tests set to be scrapped The numeracy and literacy skills entry tests that prospective teachers must pass to start training are set to be… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News State schools find it much harder to access university partnerships Schools serving deprived communities are more than two-and-a-half times more likely to encounter barriers in getting university access help… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y News Scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8 to tackle creative subjects slump, ministers told Ministers should ditch the EBacc and reform the Progress 8 performance measure to arrest the slump in the number… Kathryn Snowdon 7y Kathryn Snowdon 7y News Social Mobility Commission chair gets new £350-a-day pay deal Dame Martina Milburn will be paid £350-a-day for her work as the chair of the Social Mobility Commission after… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News DfE to consult on bringing LA school transparency ‘in line’ with academies The Department for Education will consult on plans to bring the transparency of spending in local authority maintained schools… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News DfE: 54,000 fewer pupils in ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools Fifty-four thousand fewer pupils are now learning in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’-rated schools than were two years ago, the Department… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Academies minister to ‘look into’ whistleblowing procedures Lord Agnew, the academies minister, has pledged to look at whistleblowing procedures for academy trusts to ensure those who… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 1,022 Older
