News Hundreds of prospective teachers failed QTS skills test because of marking ‘error’ An error in a mark scheme for a skills test would-be teachers must pass before training has led to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Attainment falls and absence rises among looked-after pupils GCSE grades among looked-after pupils fell last year and absence rates rose, new data shows. New statistics published this… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exam appeals on the rise as reforms continue to bed in The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades rose by more than 40 per cent in 2018,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Squeeze more cash for schools out of housing developers, DfE tells councils Councils have been issued with new guidance to help them negotiate financial contributions from housing developers when their work… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News EPI: School admissions appeals and waiting lists ‘increase social segregation’ The current system for dealing with school place appeals and waiting lists leads to increased social segregation and must… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Government will proceed with £95k public sector pay-off cap A long-awaited £95,000 cap on pay-offs for school staff is to finally be implemented, the government has announced. The… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News DfE confirms it will ‘fully fund’ £830m teacher pension contributions rise next year The government has confirmed it will “fully fund” the estimated £830 million cost of rising pensions contributions for schools… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Let councils ‘scrutinise’ school approaches to exclusions, says Halfon The chair of the parliamentary education committee has demanded extra powers for councils to scrutinise schools’ approach to exclusions…. Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Ex-prosecutor could step in to mediate LGBT education protests A former leading prosecutor has offered to intervene in a bitter dispute over the teaching of LGBT education in… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Academies giant AET gets second school improvement warning in a matter of weeks Another school run by the Academies Enterprise Trust is in hot water and may be rebrokered to another sponsor… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News No ‘parental veto’ on relationships and sex education curriculum, insists Hinds The education secretary has reassured headteachers that consulting with parents about new relationships and sex education “does not provide… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Academy with £20 million PFI contract ordered to improve its finances A school tied into a £20 million PFI contract and with “significant” deficits forecast this year has been ordered… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 1,015 Older
