News Exclusive DfE rejects 7,000 requests by schools to wipe pupils’ GCSE scores The government has refused nearly 7,000 requests from schools for their pupils’ GCSE scores to be wiped from league… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive DfE abandons Easter holiday hunger pilot after summer trial The government will spend another £9 million testing solutions to holiday hunger across England, but has abandoned plans to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Investigation: The schools that slip through the council finance net Thousands of council schools have not had their finances independently scrutinised for more than five years – three of… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News School uses ‘nurture room’ to calm pupils at risk of misbehaviour Students at Aureus School in Oxfordshire who feel at risk of misbehaving are encouraged to “self-refer” to a nurture… Schools Week Reporter 7y Schools Week Reporter 7y News Prevent referrals from education rise 24% Referrals by educational institutions to “prevent”, the government’s anti-extremism programme, rose by almost a quarter in the 2017-18 financial… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Reach 2 pledges ‘significant changes’ at Sprites academy after DfE threatens funding termination One of the country’s largest academy trusts has vowed to turn around an ‘inadequate’ school threatened with having its… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Scrapping ‘levels’ led to confusion between schools, warns new research The removal of national curriculum levels has left teachers struggling to understand the assessment information they get about pupils… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Hinds urges Ofsted to ensure new MAT evaluations aren’t ‘undue burdens’ Education secretary Damian Hinds has warned Ofsted its new academy trust “summary evaluations” must not create “undue burdens” on… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Big drop in exam security breaches despite high-profile social media leaks The number of security breaches relating to GCSE and A-level exams fell by 40 per cent this year, despite… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Early phonics achievers three times more likely to ace KS2 reading test Pupils who pass the phonics reading screening check on their first attempt are almost three times more likely to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News National Reference Test results: Maths scores rise but no change for English language The second annual National Reference Test has shown improvement in maths scores, but no real change for English language…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exam malpractice: Drop in penalties for staff as mobile phone breaches soar The number of teachers facing penalties for exam malpractice fell this year, but the number of pupils rapped for bringing… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 1,005 Older
