News Rural Northumberland schools fight for their futures as council prepares for closures Fourteen schools are under threat of closure in Northumberland despite warnings that it would devastate local communities, after the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Ofsted boss calls for teachers to prove subject knowledge to stay qualified Teachers should have to prove their subject knowledge is up-to-date at regular intervals to maintain their qualified status, a… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News UTC told to join ‘strong’ multi-academy trust amid financial investigation A struggling UTC must join a “strong” multi-academy trust and improve its finances, after reports from a whistleblower prompted an… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Devon’s Bay Education Trust hit with financial notice to improve A Devon-based multi academy trust has been handed a financial notice to improve by the Education and Skills Funding agency…. Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News MPs to question heads over provision for excluded pupils Headteachers will join local government officials to give evidence to MPs about the state of alternative provision on Tuesday…. Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News OCR suffers 20% drop in awards as schools flee iGCSE A major exam board has reported a huge slump in certifications as schools shun iGCSEs in favour of more… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Free school in planning dispute finds temporary site A south-east London free school at the centre of a planning dispute has found a temporary site. Bullers Wood… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News OCR fined £125k after GCSE exam answers found in textbooks OCR will be fined £125,000 by Ofqual after partial answers to GCSE computing exam questions were found in textbooks… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News ASCL: ‘Stop telling primary pupils they haven’t met expectations’ Schools must stop telling pupils they “didn’t meet standards” in year six, the Association of School and College Leaders… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Cornish diocese forces an entire MAT board to resign According to official Department for Education guidance, members of academy trusts have the power to appoint and remove trustees… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Postcode lottery of pupil absence fines revealed Local councils are collecting as little as 25 per cent of the fines they issue for children’s unauthorised absences… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Schools lose £145k to fraudsters posing as heads in new scam Fraudsters impersonating headteachers have managed to con schools across the country out of tens of thousands of pounds in… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 973 Older
