News DfE to fund free sanitary products in primary schools The government will “fully fund” free sanitary products in all primary schools, the Department for Education has announced. But… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News NEU will ballot for SATs boycott in 2019-20 The National Education Union is to ballot its members on a potential SATs boycott next year after delegates at… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News NEU opposes detentions and exclusions for climate strike pupils The country’s largest education union will officially oppose “any reprisals” against pupils who walk out of school to campaign… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News NEU warns of £1.2 billion SEND funding shortfall England faces a £1.2 billion shortfall in special needs funding, the National Education Union has warned, as its members… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Labour fires warning after rise in ‘zombie’ academies Almost 100 academies are waiting to be transferred to new sponsors – with some still in limbo well over… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Vice-principal convicted of expenses fraud won’t be banned from teaching A former vice-principal who fraudulently claimed expenses from a company linked to his school will not be banned from… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Half of schools start GCSEs in year 9, NFER survey suggests Around half of schools start teaching GCSE content when pupils are still in year 9, while some teach the… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Treasury claws back £300m in unspent funding from the DfE The Treasury has clawed back more than £300 million in funding from the Department for Education’s budget after money… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ‘Open sewers and rat traps in rooms’: The ‘appalling’ conditions at England’s illegal schools England’s network of illegal schools is “not just a faith school problem”, an Ofsted director has said, after new… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Hundreds of prospective teachers failed QTS skills test because of marking ‘error’ An error in a mark scheme for a skills test would-be teachers must pass before training has led to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Attainment falls and absence rises among looked-after pupils GCSE grades among looked-after pupils fell last year and absence rates rose, new data shows. New statistics published this… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exam appeals on the rise as reforms continue to bed in The number of appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades rose by more than 40 per cent in 2018,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 1,030 Older
