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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y 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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y 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 7y John Dickens 7y News Music hub inconsistencies reveal funding ‘postcode lottery’ The government has been warned its preference for smaller-scale hub projects instead of larger injections of revenue funding is… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Beware ‘snake oil’ salesman peddling new framework training, warns Ofsted director Ofsted’s national director of education has urged schools not to pay “snake-oil” salesman for training on the watchdog’s new… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News ‘Inadequate’ primary academy threatened with closure An academy in the midlands rated ‘inadequate’ in its first inspection faces being rebrokered to a new sponsor. Officials… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive DfE accused again of special treatment of minister’s trust The Department for Education has denied double standards after forcing one academy trust to share documents relating to important… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Big-hitters stripped of special status as their schools struggle Scores more system leaders have had their statuses stripped by the government after their school slumped below performance measures… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 980 Older