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 News Schools left to pick up the pieces as 1 in 4 pupils turned away from mental health services Pupils referred to mental health services by their schools are being turned away if they don’t exhibit the same… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Reach South takes on a troubled free school and a struggling UTC The Reach South Academy Trust has taken on troubled Bournemouth free school Parkfield School, which has been waiting for… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Chartered College of Teaching elects first president and council The Chartered College of Teaching has elected Stephen Munday, principal of Comberton Village College and chief executive of The Cam… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Trust gets £300,000 for taking over troubled Whitehaven Academy An academy trust was given more than £300,000 in government funding to aid its takeover of a troubled Bright… Schools Week Reporter 7y Schools Week Reporter 7y News Exclusive Private school cuts pay if pupil numbers dip A “low-cost” private school pays its teachers on a profit-linked scale, allowing it to slash wages if it does… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Pupils aren’t being told about lucrative university scholarships and grants Youngsters are missing out on applying for around £85,000 in scholarships to support them at university because of a… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y 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 Newer 1 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 1,022 Older
