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 News Firm behind first for-profit free school is still losing money The private company behind the country’s first for-profit free school has made a loss for the third year in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Halfon: Give schools their own NHS-style 10 year plan Education needs a ten-year funding plan like the one drawn up for the NHS, the chair of the parliamentary… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Rescue schools tied to ‘toxic’ PFI contracts, Hammond told The government will no longer use private financial initiatives (PFI) to fund future school-building projects – but is facing… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive The problem with Hammond’s ‘little extras’ budget pledge The chancellor’s £400 million capital “bonus” for schools to buy “little extras” could end up with brand-new schools being… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Warning notices issued to 148 private schools The government has issued warning notices to almost 150 private schools in the last 12 months, with two schools… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Send annual reports to better engage with parents, Carter tells academy trusts The former national schools commissioner has urged academy trusts to send out “annual reports” to parents, admitting their engagement… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y Newer 1 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 985 Older