News Ofqual won’t relax grade boundaries for science and MFL A-levels Ofqual has concluded there is no “compelling case” to relax grade boundaries in sciences and modern foreign languages A-levels,… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News New national schools commissioner pledges ‘transparency and consistency’ The country’s regional schools commissioners will become “more transparent and more consistent”, the new national schools commissioner has pledged. Dominic… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Trusts still worried over long-term ‘financial viability’ – despite getting extra cash to expand Academy trusts handed a share of £31 million under government funding to expand were “overly ambitious” in some cases,… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Careers and Enterprise Company blasted over £200k conference spend The Careers and Enterprise Company has been blasted for spending more than £200,000 on two conferences after MPs demanded… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ignoring teacher pay recommendations was a ‘difficult decision’, says DfE funding boss The decision by the government to ignore the recommendations of the School Teachers Review Body this year was “difficult”,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Minister bets heads a bottle of champagne he can find savings in their schools The academies minister Lord Agnew has said he will bet any headteacher “a bottle of champagne and a letter… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Summer-borns still struggle in year 6, and 3 other findings from primary schools test results analysis New analysis of the test results of more than 1.5 million primary school pupils across England lays bare the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Don’t force pupils to accept unconditional offers ahead of other university places, school leaders urge Pupils should not be “compelled” to accept unconditional offers for university places until after achieving their A-levels, a coalition of… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News SEND experts call for ‘national Education Health and Care Plan template’ for pupils The government should issue a national Education Health and Care Plan template so local authorities can properly meet their… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ofsted: 1 in 10 small private schools still failing on safeguarding Dozens of small private schools continue to fail to safeguard their pupils, while almost a quarter did not meet… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Write off student loans and reduce non-classroom work to tackle recruitment and retention crisis – heads Headteachers believe writing off student loans and reducing working hours outside the classroom are the best options to tackle… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News DfE slammed for 48-hour ‘fire sale’ of troubled Durand academy An academy trust was given just 48-hours to decide if it wanted to take on a troubled school, it… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y Newer 1 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 980 Older
