News Exclusive Trust gets £300,000 for taking over troubled Whitehaven Academy An academy trust was given more than £300,000 in government funding to aid its takeover of a troubled Bright… Schools Week Reporter 7y Schools Week Reporter 7y News Exclusive Private school cuts pay if pupil numbers dip A “low-cost” private school pays its teachers on a profit-linked scale, allowing it to slash wages if it does… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Pupils aren’t being told about lucrative university scholarships and grants Youngsters are missing out on applying for around £85,000 in scholarships to support them at university because of a… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Local governing bodies in academies shouldn’t hold trustees to account, says sector expert The role of local governing bodies in schools is not to hold trustees to account as they exist to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ex-Pearson boss Jill Duffy is new OCR chief executive Jill Duffy, a former senior vice president of Pearson’s schools arm, is the new chief executive of the OCR… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Third of councils have no specialist dyslexia teachers, study finds A third of councils do not have sufficient specialist dyslexia teachers, a new study has found, as £10m recruitment… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Budget cuts push heads to double up as SENCOs A headteacher is training as a SENCO in the evenings because her school can no longer afford to employ… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Investigation: Schools accused of fudging sport premium funding The government has been urged to plug the holes in its sport premium cash scheme, with teachers claiming schools… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Tories disagree over restoring failing academies to councils Regional schools commissioners should be allowed to rebroker academies back to councils if they can’t find another trust to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Schools pay private companies to teach speedy GCSE equivalents A private firm is offering schools an £800-per-pupil deal where external staff are parachuted in to teach year 11s… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News New data on young people’s mental health now not ready until November Schools will have to wait until the end of November to see brand new government data on the mental… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Sir David Carter to train academy leaders in new Ambition School Leadership role Sir David Carter will help train academy leaders in a new role after standing down as national schools commissioner…. John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y Newer 1 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 974 Older
