News Exclusive OGAT and isolation rooms: what the data shows Opponents of isolation rooms claim they disproportionately punish the poorest and most vulnerable pupils. OGAT, one of the trusts… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Heads enticed with conference tickets to attend ‘hosted meetings’ A major new education conference is offering free tickets and expenses of up to £750 in return for headteachers… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News DfE plans new funding ‘centre of excellence’ team The government is preparing to launch a funding “centre of excellence” that will be led by its first overall… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Four in five heads contribute to their schools’ finances Four in five headteachers contribute to their schools’ finances from their own pockets, and the amount they are contributing… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Hinds to face education committee grilling over academy accountability and exclusions Damian Hinds has been summoned to appear in front of MPs to answer questions about academy trust accountability, exclusions… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Ministers turn to musicians to design new ‘model curriculum’ A new model music curriculum for schools will be drawn up by an independent panel of experts, the government… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Tory peer’s academy trust seeks unpaid workers An academy trust founded by a Conservative peer is advertising for unpaid volunteers to fill key roles, as plans… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive DfE to test and ‘quality-mark’ education apps The Department for Education plans to assess and “quality-mark” smartphone and tablet education apps for younger pupils. Officials will… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive School budgets raided of £22m to replace scrapped ESG funding School budgets have been raided to the tune of tens of millions of pounds by cash-strapped councils scrambling to… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive The Seldon List: OECD chief and schools minister top trad-dominated education influencers list Andreas Schleicher, the OECD’s education chief, Nick Gibb, the schools minister, and Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, have… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Four-fifths of LAs could wipe out school deficits by clawing back ‘excess’ surplus, EPI study finds The Education Policy Institute has published a deeper dive into recently released spending data for local authority schools. The… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Update us annually on school mental health plan progress, MPs tell ministers MPs want annual updates from the government on its plan to introduce new mental health support teams to work… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 980 Older