News Four key things we learned from data on looked-after pupils A higher proportion of looked-after pupils were absent from school last year, and more got suspensions, new data reveals…. Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News DfE offers £2 million to research healthy holiday meals The government has announced a £2 million funding pot to research ways poorer pupils can benefit from “enriching activities”… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive New network will help teachers become joint heads School leaders will be supported into joint headship roles by a new organisation, partly in response to how “enormous”… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive REVEALED: The 87 trusts told to justify CEO pay The 87 academy trusts whose chief executive pay has been challenged by the government can be named for the… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Mark Lehain made interim director at New Schools Network Mark Lehain has been appointed interim director at the New Schools Network following Toby Young’s departure. Lehain, who also… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Research: Grammar schools do not do better and should be scrapped Grammar schools do not have better pupil attainment than other state schools and should be closed for the negative… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Northern schools blast RSCs in children’s commissioner report Northern schools feel unsupported by their regional schools commissioners, who fail to communicate “any plan” for the area, according… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Universities asked to open more post-16 maths free schools Universities are being sought by the government to open specialist post-16 free schools to encourage more pupils to study… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Newham expands special needs provision Five new or expanded centres attached to mainstream schools will be created for pupils with special educational needs in… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Mental health charities call for more youth specialists to be trained Schools struggle to get pupils seen by qualified mental health professionals because training for counsellors focuses too much on… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Ombudsman to look into DfE’s handling of information requests about school closure The parliamentary ombudsman is to investigate the government’s handling of a school closure in Coventry. Clare McArthur, a campaigner… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Marine Academy Plymouth faces moving to new trust A Plymouth-based academy specialising in marine science and engineering has been warned that it may have its funding terminated… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y Newer 1 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 973 Older