News School absence rates continue to rise The rate of absence from English schools continued to rise in 2017-18, new government data shows. According to the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News E-ACT chief executive David Moran to stand down The chief executive of one of England’s most high-profile academy chains is to step down after six years at… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News ‘Insufficient’ educational psychologists to ‘meet demand’ from schools, warns government report There are “insufficient” educational psychologists currently working and in the training pipeline to meet demand, a new report has… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Inspiration boss Rachel de Souza urges heads: ‘Do not be servants of DfE policy’ The boss of a high-profile academy trust has urged headteachers “not to be servants of DfE policy”, or take… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Buckinghamshire school support company goes into liquidation A company which provided school improvement, governor support and other services to hundreds of schools in Buckinghamshire is to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Small ‘good’ schools may get exemption from longer inspections The country’s smallest ‘good’-rated primary schools may avoid having new two-day inspections under Ofsted’s proposed inspection framework, one of… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’ Legal challenges by schools over Ofsted judgments are often a “colossal waste of taxpayers’ money”, a senior inspector has… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Government consults on plans to withdraw funding for BTECs The government is considering withdrawing funding for BTECs and other qualifications that “overlap” with A-levels, Damian Hinds has announced…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Two-fifths of schools have buckets catching drips from leaky roofs Two in five teachers work in schools that have buckets set up to catch drips when it rains, it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Microsoft researcher to head up new National Centre for Computing Education A Microsoft researcher who also chairs the group behind the controversial master computing teachers programme has been put in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Inspectors must declare all consultancy work after rule change Ofsted has tightened its conflicts of interest rules, with inspectors now forced to declare all of their previous and… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Rejected special school bids in areas facing biggest shortfalls The majority of local authorities that have been refused new specialist schools will run out of places three years… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 1,015 Older
