News Thousands of looked-after children moved 20 miles or more mid-year Thousands of looked-after children are being moved mid-year to schools more than 20 miles away from their previous school,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Most free schools open in areas of need, and 4 other things we learned The majority of free schools opened in areas of need, research has found, but they are usually neither innovative… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Gibb ‘open to’ a British sign language GCSE The Department for Education is now “open to considering” a British sign language GCSE after previously warning that it would… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Private alternative providers get worse Ofsteds than council provision, and 4 other findings The woeful state of private alternative providers can be revealed for the first time, as a new analysis reveals… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News DfE announces £50m to expand special schools, but the money isn’t new Ministers will hand councils £50 million to expand special schools and improve existing facilities for pupils with special educational… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Highlights from Northern Rocks 2018 The last ever Northern Rocks conference was held in Leeds last weekend. Schools Week was there to take in… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive LocatEd expands remit to include ‘site optimisation’ A company set up by the government to find and buy sites for the free schools programme will now… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Ofsted attempts parental charm offensive Ofsted wants to make its inspection reports more accessible to parents because they are its “most important education stakeholders”,… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive TAs miss out on training as funding plummets Nearly half of teaching assistants claim to have received no training from their schools within the last year as… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Troubled UCAT trust to shed four schools after finances warning Four schools run by the troubled University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT) will be rebrokered to new sponsors following… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Grammar schools benefit from DfE’s largesse Grammar schools are getting proportionally more money from the government than comprehensives to spend on buildings, including brand new… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Make a wish: The schools forced to use Amazon to ask parents to buy pens Schools are asking for toys, books, and “scientific slime” via Amazon wishlists as unions warn budgets have reached a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 979 Older
