News Pupils won’t lose SATs marks for back-to-front commas, DfE tells primary heads Primary school pupils will no longer lose marks if they write a comma back-to-front, the government has told headteachers… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News No serving teachers on DfE’s new education apps advisory panel A new panel set up to assess and quality-mark education apps for young children includes no serving teachers. The… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Hinds meets with faith leaders to push academisation The education secretary has met with representatives of all major religions today in a new push to encourage them… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive No pay rise for highest-paid academy chief for the first time in six years Sir Dan Moynihan, the country’s highest-paid academy trust boss, has not been handed a pay rise for the first… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Ofqual confirms changes to music and dance exams A shake-up to the way performances are marked in music and dance GCSEs and A-levels has been announced by… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Ofsted strategy director Luke Tryl to lead New Schools Network The New Schools Network has hired Luke Tryl, an Ofsted director and former adviser to Nicky Morgan, as its… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Nine in ten schools struggle to recruit EBacc teachers, and eight other findings from the DfE’s school snapshot survey The results of a large-scale survey of teachers and leavers reveal problems with key government policies such as the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Unions demand fully-funded 5% pay rise for all teachers and leaders in 2019-20 Unions representing the “overwhelming majority” of teachers and school leaders have demanded a five per cent pay rise for… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Revealed: The 11 schools picked to lead £2.4m curriculum fund programme pilots Eleven academies have been selected to lead trials of the government’s new curriculum fund programme. The schools, most of… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Teacher recruitment and retention strategy: the 11 new policies The government has today published the long-awaited teacher recruitment and retention strategy. Here’s a handy Schools Week round-up of… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive ‘Funding gap has forced me to cut SEND places,’ says head warned over finances A headteacher is reducing the number of special needs pupils she accepts in a bid to balance the books… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Recruitment and retention strategy pledges £130m for new teacher induction The education secretary has finally unveiled his teacher recruitment and retention strategy, pledging a £130 million reduced timetable and… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 1,005 Older