News Looked-after children to get mentors and cut-price fees from private schools The Department for Education is launching a new mentor scheme for ‘gifted’ children in care, as 65 boarding schools… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Avoid ‘uncritical use’ of PISA scores, researchers warn ministers Ministers should avoid “uncritical use” of PISA scores because the tests ignore important elements of what English schools teach,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE wants Ofsted to inspect more outstanding schools – but won’t drop exemption The Department for Education has told Ofsted to reinspect more ‘outstanding’ schools, but stopped short of dropping the controversial… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News DfE names 16 grammar schools that will split £50m expansion cash The 16 grammar schools that will split the government’s first round of expansion funding have been named by the… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Duvet days boost retention, says academy trust CEO An academy boss has warned that “machismo” leadership teams are thwarting the wider use of “wellbeing days” – claiming… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Exam board marking league tables delayed by monitoring concerns Ofqual, the exams regulator, is still trying to find a way to publish data on how the quality of… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE sets out ‘red flags’ for parents who use out-of-school settings New draft guidance by the Department for Education seeks to help parents identify “red flags” in the safeguarding policies… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Oil tycoon’s foundation among New Schools Network donors The foundation of a controversial oil tycoon was among the donors to the New Schools Network this year, new… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Bright Tribe probe ‘will be published’, vows academies minister An investigation by the Education and Skills Funding Agency into allegations of wrongdoing at the doomed Bright Tribe trust… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive ‘I’ve got to stir up a bit of controversy here’: Agnew defends Champagne wager comments The academies minister is frustrated that schools aren’t listening to him. In the 14 months since his appointment, Lord… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Safeguarding software ‘normalises authoritarian approaches’ in schools – academics Academics are concerned safeguarding software that allow firms to keep watch on pupils’ activity on computers is “normalising extreme… Schools Week Reporter 6y Schools Week Reporter 6y News DfE seeks bidders to run comparative judgment ‘alternative’ to KS2 writing test The government is inviting companies specialising in comparative judgment assessment models to design an alternative to the current key… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y Newer 1 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 974 Older
