News New education and skills team appointed at Policy Exchange Former teacher and government adviser Tom Richmond and Dr Joanna Williams, from the University of Kent, will head up… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News DfE warns school staff over expression of ‘political views’ School staff have been warned they must “act appropriately” when expressing political views, and should not use school resources… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Schools having to stretch SEND budgets to cover funding shortfalls, survey finds Four in five school leaders claim they are having to stretch their budgets to cover the health and care… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Private education firm Cognita bought for £2bn by Swiss company A private education firm set up by a former Ofsted boss, and with almost 40 schools in England, has… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ofsted announces fresh clampdown on league table ‘gaming’ after ECDL scandal Inspectors are still on the lookout for schools attempting to “game” school league tables by entering pupils for “inappropriate” qualifications,… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Return oversight of schools to local people, says Sir Michael Wilshaw Local oversight of school standards is “just as patchy” under the government’s regional schools commissioners as it was under… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Revealed: Primary school floor standards for 2018 The government has revealed the key stage 2 attainment and progress scores schools will have to achieve to avoid falling “below… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News The 4 main trends in the 2018 KS2 primary test results Provisional results of the primary school key stage 2 SATs tests broken down at local authority and regional level… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Revealed: The 20 councils eligible to share a new £50m free school funding pot The government has announced the names of 20 local authorities that can bid for a share of £50 million… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Unison: Redundancies forcing school support staff to fill the gaps Over 70 per cent of school support staff are being forced to take on tasks that used to be… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Hinds heralds opening of 54 new free schools Free schools supported by a premiership rugby team and a major broadcaster are among those due to open this… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Heads welcome calls for minimum entry requirements to university School leaders have welcomed calls for the government to reconsider introducing minimum entry requirements for all undergraduate courses, in… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 980 Older