News Single-academy trust rapped over £60k undeclared pay-offs A single-academy trust has been warned to overhaul its financial and governance set-up after a government review found £60,000… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Ofsted research shows 7 in 10 school leaders work in their free time every day Seven in ten school leaders work in their free time every day, and almost two thirds of teachers think… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News New method of exams marking ‘could transform’ teacher workload Grading exam essays using comparative judgment is “significantly” quicker and still as reliable as double-marking them, Ofqual has found…. Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Investigation: SEND funding crisis pits parents and schools against councils Council bosses say pressure on their SEND budgets leaves them at risk of not being able to deliver core… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Minister ‘at war’ over academy CEO pay defends Moynihan’s £440k salary A minister who claims to have “declared war” on excessive executive pay in academies has ruled that the £440,000… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Exclusive Private school caps value of Christmas gifts for teachers A prestigious private girls’ school has written to parents urging them to cap the value of Christmas gifts for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive It’s a Dwan deal: Trust founder’s brother gets rent-free premises for nursery A failed academy trust gave the brother of its founder rent-free premises for ten years to run a private… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Toby Young got £55k payoff from New Schools Network The New Schools Network handed its former director Toby Young a £55,000 payoff when he resigned earlier this year,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Ofsted’s curriculum focus ‘risks being a tick-box exercise’ Ofsted’s focus on curriculum risks being a tick-box exercise that does nothing to assess whether children are actually learning,… Schools Week Reporter 6y Schools Week Reporter 6y News EBacc ‘not had much effect’ on MFL uptake, admits DfE official The EBacc has “not had much effect” on take-up in modern foreign languages, a senior Department for Education official… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Ofsted ‘worried’ heads are failing to delegate curriculum design to subject leads Some headteachers are doing “all the thinking” about the school’s curriculum when they should be delegating more responsibility to… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Teacher training targets missed in most EBacc subjects The government has missed its own teacher training targets in most EBacc subjects this year, new data shows. Initial… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 974 Older