News Ofsted demands greater power to check on private school inspectorates Ofsted boss Amanda Spielman has told the government to give her team more powers to check inspectorates for private… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News The four biggest issues with academies, according to Sir David Carter Former national schools commissioner Sir David Carter tells editor John Dickens his biggest regret in government, insists he didn’t… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Ofqual told to minimise fears around tests cheating A behavioural-insights team commissioned by Ofqual to help it handle messaging around cheating and malpractice urged the regulator not… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Former Perry Beeches ‘superhead’ Liam Nolan banned from teaching The former “superhead” of the Perry Beeches Academy Trust has been banned from teaching. Liam Nolan was found guilty… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Ofqual: ‘Not possible’ to use non-exam assessment in computer science Non-exam assessments may never return to computer science GCSEs, after Ofqual admitted it is “not possible” to use them… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News New teachers need more tailored support to help ‘practice shock’, NFER report finds Schools need to give early career teachers more personalised support rather than just evaluate them with a “one-size-fits-all” approach,… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Age is ‘no barrier’ to teachers’ ability, finds long-awaited working longer review The age of teachers has no “noticeable effect” on pupil performance, but school staff need more support and clearer… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News DfE urges teacher trainers to scrap ‘burdensome’ workload for trainees Teacher training providers should review their programmes to make sure they are establishing “good habits” in trainees which reduce… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive New jobs board website offers teachers way out of profession A jobs website set up to help disaffected teachers find work in other industries has been labelled “an indictment… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive DfE pays £260,000 for a school building to sit empty The Department for Education shelled out at least £260,200 in rent for an empty office block that previously housed… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News DfE to reduce data collection, and 6 more responses on workload The government will tell local authorities not to ask for regular data updates from their schools in a pledge… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Unions make ‘unprecedented’ move over school spending, as new figures show funding down £1.7bn Heads and teachers will be consulted together on potential action over school spending in an “unprecedented” move by unions,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 980 Older