News Leo Shapiro steps down as OCR chief executive Leo Shapiro, the chief executive of exam board OCR, has stepped down after less than two years in post…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Whitehaven Academy closes after asbestos disturbance Whitehaven Academy, the troubled Cumbrian school at the centre of a row over the state of its buildings, is… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Isle of Wight Studio School to close in 2019 A studio school on the Isle of Wight is set to close next August after struggling to recruit enough… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofqual’s 2017 exam survey: the main findings Fewer people understand how GCSEs work since the new 9 to 1 grading system came in. The exams regulator… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Northants council plunders £9m from school improvement fund A bankrupt county council siphoned off £9 million meant for school improvements in a desperate bid to prop up… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Give schools more money for free meals, say caterers The government is under pressure to increase the money it gives schools to pay for free meals for infant… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive The slow speed of emergency academisation Not a single failing school became an academy less than nine months after an inspection in at least 26… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Teacher apprenticeship providers get fast-track treatment Thirty-six teacher-training organisations have been approved to deliver apprenticeships after the Department for Education opened a secret application window… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Computer science GCSE will be exam-only until 2020 Computer science GCSEs will continue to be assessed purely on exams until 2020 after tasks from the test were… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Charity Commission steps up safeguarding scrutiny at private schools The Charity Commission has played down rumours it is taking a stronger stance on safeguarding at private and unregistered… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News GDPR: Is the DfE failing to prepare schools for the new data future? The Department for Education has acknowledged that more needs to be done to help schools prepare for strict new… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News School inspection changes will save Ofsted £2.3 million Ofsted will save more than £2 million by giving ‘good’ schools – and those with “serious weaknesses” – an… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 974 Older
