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 News Exclusive ‘Children are not safe’ – secret report reveals extent of failure at Schools Company Trust A school run by a failed alternative provision academy trust was deemed so unsafe it was told to remove… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Teach First sharpens recruitment focus as DfE considers its future The teacher-training charity Teach First has launched a substantial shake-up of its operations, amid doubts over the future of… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Investigation: Are teacher misconduct panels really becoming more lenient? The proportion of teachers banned from the profession for life has increased, challenging concerns that misconduct panels are becoming… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 986 Older