News ‘Leadership void’ at the DfE gives us time to think, says former schools commissioner The former national schools commissioner says the Department for Education has a “leadership vacuum” with no clear vision for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Charity commission looks into £50k consultancy fees paid to former education secretary The charity commission is looking into whether a school improvement charity has broken rules over “consultancy” fees of more… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News PM dodges questions about ‘workhouse’-style recommendations of cost-saving advisers The prime minister this week dodged questions about her government’s cost-saving interventions in schools, despite claims the advice “belonged… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Ministers have U-turned on 33 attempts to force schools to become academies The government has revoked more than 30 academy orders, some after schools have spent years in limbo and often… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Academies Enterprise Trust warned it could lose ‘inadequate’ primary school England’s biggest academy chain has been warned it could lose one of its schools after it was placed in… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive England’s largest academy trusts see gender pay gap widen The gender pay gap has widened at most of the country’s largest academy trusts, with women paid 55p for… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Heads demand Ofsted consider ‘uneven school funding’ A group of leading headteachers wants Ofsted to take the “uneven funding” of schools into account as part of… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Rural schools struggle to break poverty-attainment link Poor pupils in rural schools are more likely to get low GCSE scores than their disadvantaged peers in every… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Exposed: The academy trust chief who boasted he ‘flicked away’ safeguarding concerns An academy trust boss has boasted that he simply “flicked away” safeguarding complaints made by a whistleblower at a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Hinds demands end to ‘unethical’ unconditional offers The education secretary has warned 23 universities regarding their use of “unethical” unconditional offers, following warnings that school pupils… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive LocatED shortlists up to 20 school sites to be sold off under pilot scheme Up to 20 school sites have been shortlisted by the government’s education property company as having surplus land that… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Schools warned not to share pupil data on Capita’s file transfer systems ‘until further notice’ Schools have been warned not to use Capita’s file transfer systems until further notice after a glitch hit its… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 1,030 Older
