News DfE seeks views on use of cladding and sprinklers in schools in wake of Grenfell The government is inviting views on how best to update guidance on fire safety design in schools as part… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News More pupils miss out on first choice of secondary school Half the councils expecting the biggest rise in demand for secondary school places have offered fewer pupils their first… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive DfE gave academy trust £500k despite serious concerns about finances Senior Department for Education officials were alerted to a string of concerns at a high-profile academy trust before it… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Spielman ordered sanction of off-rolling school The chief inspector intervened to downgrade the Ofsted rating of a school found to have off-rolled pupils, Schools Week… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News More schools could be forced to cut teaching hours, union warns More headteachers will be forced to cut the length of the school day if the government doesn’t address the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Fact check: What are the links between school exclusions and knife crime? School exclusions are in the news again this week after a group of police chiefs and London’s mayor demanded… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Leadsom: ‘No exact date’ for delayed Timpson exclusions review The government is still not ready to say when it will publish a long-delayed review into exclusions, a senior… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ministers turn to big business for help running schools The academies minister Lord Agnew has appealed to leading city business professionals to become school governors and trustees. During… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Government warns of ‘significant increase’ in cyber crime against academy trusts School leaders have been urged to take action following a “significant increase” in cyber crime against academy trusts in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Stoke council ditches pupil movement policy after school rapped for off-rolling Secondary schools across Stoke-on-Trent have been advised to stop permanently moving their pupils into alternative provision after one school… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News MPs ‘disappointed’ as minister claims schools have ‘more money than ever before’ MPs who packed a parliamentary debate on school funding were left “disappointed” with the government’s response after more than… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Third school rapped for off-rolling had backing of local council A school criticised by Ofsted for off-rolling its year 11 pupils did so with the agreement of its local… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 1,005 Older