News Exclusive Do the maths: Cost of new times-tables tests to top £5.2m New times-tables tests for nine-year-olds will cost the Department for Education more than £5 million to implement, Schools Week… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusions review and £4m ‘alternative provision fund’ unveiled There will be a new £4 million alternative provision fund to support excluded pupils to return to mainstream schools…. Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Deficit gap widens between LA schools and academies Local authority-maintained schools are increasingly slipping into deficit as funding pressures continue to bite, new research has found. A… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ofsted WILL now use predecessor school grades in academy statistics Ofsted has decided to factor the grades of academies’ predecessor schools into its official data, it has confirmed. The… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted A company that runs apprenticeship training for schools has been branded “not fit for purpose” by Ofsted after inspectors… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exam malpractice allegations sealed fate of doomed studio school Accusations of exam malpractice sealed the fate of a doomed studio school, according to “shocking” minutes from its board… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News New data shows 12.5% rise in full secondary schools The proportion of secondary schools that are full or over capacity has risen for the first time in at… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Failing private schools to get three months to improve or close Private schools that fail to meet the government’s standards will be given three months to improve or they will… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Schools sought for ‘returner-teachers’ pilot Up to 10 schools are being sought to take part in a trial of a scheme aimed at persuading… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Ofqual clamps down on teacher-examiner cheating Exam boards will be expected to check teaching plans and materials, monitor social media and track “unusual” exam results… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Nine things schools need to know about the government’s integration green paper A raft of measures for schools aimed at improving community integration have been announced by the government. The Ministry of… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Damian Hinds censured by stats watchdog over school funding claims The education secretary made an “error” when he claimed in parliament that schools would get a real-terms increase in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 973 Older
