News Only schools with ‘excellent’ arts provision should be rated outstanding, says charity Ofsted should save its coveted ‘outstanding’ rating for schools which excel in creative and technical teaching in an effort to… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News One in three school pupils received an unconditional offer in 2018, says UCAS More than one in three school pupils who applied to university this year received some kind of unconditional offer… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News New policy role for former government education adviser Jonathan Simons Former government adviser and Policy Exchange head of education Jonathan Simons has joined the policy and PR consultancy Public… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘Significant number’ of examiners unhappy with online standardisation Large numbers of examiners aren’t happy with the system currently used to standardise their marking, a new report from… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News ‘The whole system will implode’: Council bosses warn of SEND funding crisis The school funding system will “implode” if next year’s spending review does not address pressures in SEND funding, a… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Number of schools investigated over SATs maladministration rises to almost 600 The number of investigations into maladministration of primary school tests increased to almost 600 in 2017, new data out… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Pornography and LGBT issues missed out in sex education, poll finds More than half of older teenagers think schools should spend more time on relationships and sex education and cover… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Educating Greater Manchester school Harrop Fold placed in special measures Harrop Fold, the Salford secondary school that featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester, has been placed… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Schools told to consider lockdown protocols to counter terrorist attacks Schools are being advised to consider introducing emergency lockdown protocols in their classrooms to counter potential terrorist attacks under… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Academy trust bailed out by government over pensions delay A struggling academy trust relied on a government bailout to ensure it could pay pension contributions, it has been… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE finally adds detail to secretive headteacher board minutes The government has begun to lift the lid on decisions made by its secretive headteacher boards, but officials want… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News PFI: Council faces £400,000-a-year school closure bill A failing school handed an academy order more than a year ago is set to close after a sponsor… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y Newer 1 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 974 Older