News Academy transfer market costs hit £30m as 300 more schools rebrokered this year Costs for the academy transfer market have surpassed the £30 million mark as a record number of academies were… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Schools will be quizzed under new mental health inspections Schools in some parts of the country will be contacted by inspectors and asked to explain how they support… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Charity Commission to probe ‘unclear’ links between charity and private school “Unclear” links between a charity and an independent school are under investigation amid concerns about the decision to transfer… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Education committee ‘unconvinced’ by £72m opportunity areas programme The parliamentary education committee has questioned the effectiveness of the government’s social mobility “opportunity areas” programme, highlighting concerns over… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News DfE survey shows heads and teachers disagree on workload Teachers and school leaders don’t see eye-to-eye on workload, according to a government survey which shows less than half… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Expert panel to oversee design of new national professional qualifications Another expert panel has been formed by the government, this time to help design new national professional qualifications for… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Financial self-assessment check for academies to become mandatory Academy trusts will be required to complete an annual finance check-up as part of the government’s push to level… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Revealed: How the DfE plans to increase financial transparency in maintained schools The government wants local authority schools to get permission for any related-party transactions from their council under plans to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE: More schools tackling workload, despite poor take-up of new ‘toolkit’ Ministers say more schools are tackling teacher workload, despite less than half of leaders having made use of new… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Nearly 1 in 5 schools ‘not in line’ with guidance on managing asbestos Almost a fifth of schools are not managing asbestos in line with government guidance, a long-awaited report has revealed…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Gibb: More prescriptive LGBT guidance wouldn’t have prevented protests More prescriptive guidance forcing primary heads to teach about LGBT relationships would not have prevented protests outside schools in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Teacher training providers will take control as DfE confirms end of QTS tests Teacher training providers will be responsible for making sure prospective teachers have adequate literacy and numeracy skills from October,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 1,030 Older