News ‘Systematic failure’ lifts academy trust’s deficit to £2.4m An academy trust in charge of schools for excluded and vulnerable pupils unknowingly racked up a £2.4 million deficit… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Pupils face £2 ‘fines’ to get their phones back A school has been accused of holding pupils’ mobile phones to “ransom” after charging parents £2 to return confiscated… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News DfE plans new Gatsby-style ‘benchmarks’ for character education The government will develop new “benchmarks” for character education against which schools will be required to assess themselves, Damian… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Hinds sets out ‘five foundations’ for character education Damian Hinds will today set out his “five foundations” for character education, and pledge to improve access to extra-curricular… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Home Office delayed free school meals eligibility checks The Home Office prioritised checks on pupils’ immigration status over helping schools to identify migrant children in need of… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News E-ACT insists it has ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to off-rolling after Ofsted findings The sponsor of one of only two schools identified by Ofsted as potentially having off-rolled pupils has insisted it’s… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Spielman slams ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unhelpful’ labelling of exclusions data The chief inspector of schools has backed calls for a shake-up of how exclusions are reported in national data,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Holland Park school warned over head’s £260k salary as minister writes to 28 trusts A single-academy trust has been ordered by the government for a second time to justify the £260,000 annual pay… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News New qualifications ‘will keep teachers in schools’ Five new specialist qualifications aimed at opening up career opportunities outside the traditional school leadership route will keep experienced… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Landmark judicial review hands schools more power to challenge council SEND placements An eight-year-old autistic boy with severe learning needs was denied specialist schooling for at least four months after a… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Quality of music education should affect a school’s Ofsted rating, says report Failing to provide a high-quality music education should have an “adverse impact” on a school’s Ofsted rating, an influential… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ministers look to heads to ‘transform’ flexible working opportunities The government wants headteachers to “transform” their approaches to flexible working, prompting concerns that thousands of extra teachers could… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 1,030 Older
