News Local governing bodies in academies shouldn’t hold trustees to account, says sector expert The role of local governing bodies in schools is not to hold trustees to account as they exist to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ex-Pearson boss Jill Duffy is new OCR chief executive Jill Duffy, a former senior vice president of Pearson’s schools arm, is the new chief executive of the OCR… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Third of councils have no specialist dyslexia teachers, study finds A third of councils do not have sufficient specialist dyslexia teachers, a new study has found, as £10m recruitment… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Budget cuts push heads to double up as SENCOs A headteacher is training as a SENCO in the evenings because her school can no longer afford to employ… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Investigation: Schools accused of fudging sport premium funding The government has been urged to plug the holes in its sport premium cash scheme, with teachers claiming schools… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Tories disagree over restoring failing academies to councils Regional schools commissioners should be allowed to rebroker academies back to councils if they can’t find another trust to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Schools pay private companies to teach speedy GCSE equivalents A private firm is offering schools an £800-per-pupil deal where external staff are parachuted in to teach year 11s… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News New data on young people’s mental health now not ready until November Schools will have to wait until the end of November to see brand new government data on the mental… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Sir David Carter to train academy leaders in new Ambition School Leadership role Sir David Carter will help train academy leaders in a new role after standing down as national schools commissioner…. John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Stats watchdog launches investigations into ministers’ ‘disingenuous’ use of data The statistics watchdog has launched two investigations into the government’s “disingenuous” use of education data, with ministers accused of… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y CPC, News Damian Hinds: Full text of Conservative Conference 2018 speech You know whenever I ask anyone to think back to their education, what really made a difference for them… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y CPC, News Ignore the ‘fibbers’ over London’s school successes, says Hinds Anyone who says they know why London’s schools have improved over the past two decades is a “fibber”, the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 1,004 Older
