News ‘Leave our kids alone,’ Hinds to tell Labour in speech The education secretary will use a speech to the Confederation of Schools Trust to attack Labour Party policy on… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Halt UTC expansion and recruit at 16, says think tank The government should halt its expansion of the controversial university technical colleges programme and review the model, a former… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Supportive letters boost national leader of education applications, study finds School leaders who receive a letter of encouragement are more likely to both apply and get accepted to become… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News May repeats dubious funding claim days after stats watchdog slapdown The prime minister has insisted that school funding is at a “record high”, just days after members of her… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Music is ‘at risk of disappearing’ from schools, research finds The number of schools offering GCSE and A-level music courses to pupils is in decline, prompting concerns that the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News NGA: Replace governor exclusion boards with independent ‘tribunals’ Governor boards for reviewing exclusions should be scrapped and replaced with independent “tribunals” of experts, the leading organisation for… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Spending watchdog warns of lack of data on pupil mental health support A lack of school spending data on mental health means it is not possible to plan support for pupils… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Hinds defends funding and Ofsted statistics, but admits literacy claims ‘could have been clearer’ The education secretary has defended his department’s use of statistics on school funding and improvement following today’s “humilitating” rebuke… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Watchdog chief writes to Hinds with ‘significant concerns’ about DfE’s use of statistics The head of the statistics watchdog has written to the education secretary to warn of “significant concerns” over the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Trust boss demands crackdown on SATs cheating A no-nonsense academy trust boss has called for a shake-up of how SATs tests are administered – with secondary… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News RSCs have ‘escalated’ 21 decisions about schools to ministers Regional schools commissioners have had to “escalate” 21 decisions concerning schools or trusts to different government ministers since 2016,… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Hinds announces £24m for the north east following complaints over opportunity areas coverage The Department for Education will divert £24 million of funding for school improvement and teacher training to the north… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 1,015 Older
