News Two thirds of academy trusts have below-average results for disadvantaged pupils Two in three academy trusts are under-performing with regard to poorer pupils, a new report has found. New research… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Government names first 25 areas to get school ‘mental health support teams’ Schools in 25 English areas will be the first to receive help from new mental health support teams. The… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ofsted’s gender pay gap grows while the DfE’s narrows The gender pay gap at Ofsted has increased since last year, despite pressure on organisations to narrow the disparity… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Post-Brexit immigration policy could hit teacher recruitment, government admits The government has warned that schools could be negatively affected by new rules restricting the rights of EU citizens… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE’s teaching jobs board won’t reach all schools until April 2019 The national roll-out of a long-awaited state-run teacher jobs website won’t be complete until next April, the government has… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Areas with greatest SEND support demand will ‘lose out’ on high needs cash injection Areas with large proportions of SEND pupils will lose out on extra high needs funding announced by the government… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Top trusts ‘resist’ standardising curriculum, and 6 more MAT research findings High-performing multi-academy trusts and federations of schools are resisting rolling out prescriptive practices for curriculum and pedagogy, a study… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Barring pupils with fewer than three Ds ‘access to student loans’ is ‘retrograde step’ Leaked proposals that would deny student loans to pupils who achieve fewer than three Ds in their A-levels have… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News School leaders join forces to launch staff absence insurance A group of school leaders has joined forces to offer an alternative staff absence insurance, with talks ongoing to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Policy Exchange: Deny top Ofsted grades to schools that fail to demand good behaviour Schools should only be rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ if they demand “higher standards of behaviour” from their pupils, the… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Salford Academy Trust minutes reveal boardroom rift Board minutes from a doomed academy trust reveal a boardroom rift between trustees who accused one of their sponsors… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Schools to get £350m extra SEND funding, but heads warn it’s ‘not enough’ The government will hand councils an extra £350 million in funding to support pupils with special educational needs and… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 980 Older