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 News Some teachers barely earn the minimum wage, warn union leaders Some new teachers are barely earning the national minimum wage because of their pay and the hours they work,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Government-run teacher vacancy website goes live across England The government’s long-awaited teacher vacancy advertising service has finally gone live across England, weeks later than planned. Ministers initially… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Parents in legal challenge over grammar schools’ plan to reduce 11-plus pass mark Parents are raising cash to challenge an academy trust’s plans to lower the pass mark for entry to its… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News ‘Leadership void’ at the DfE gives us time to think, says former schools commissioner The former national schools commissioner says the Department for Education has a “leadership vacuum” with no clear vision for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Charity commission looks into £50k consultancy fees paid to former education secretary The charity commission is looking into whether a school improvement charity has broken rules over “consultancy” fees of more… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News PM dodges questions about ‘workhouse’-style recommendations of cost-saving advisers The prime minister this week dodged questions about her government’s cost-saving interventions in schools, despite claims the advice “belonged… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Ministers have U-turned on 33 attempts to force schools to become academies The government has revoked more than 30 academy orders, some after schools have spent years in limbo and often… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 1,022 Older
