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 News MPs to investigate school and sixth-form funding The parliamentary education committee has launched an inquiry into school and sixth-form funding, to consider whether a 10-year plan… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News People are struggling to understand the new 9 to 1 GCSE grading system Understanding of how GCSEs work dropped after the new 9 to 1 grading system came in. A survey of… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted Another University Technical College has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, taking the total number in the category to six…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Disadvantaged pupils’ maths attainment sees England fall behind England needs to double the number of disadvantaged pupils who achieve the top GCSE grades in maths to catch… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y Newer 1 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 979 Older
