News Ofqual: Don’t enter grade four pupils for higher tier GCSE papers Pupils aiming for a grade four at GCSE – a ‘standard’ pass or the equivalent of a C grade… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News ‘Show more respect for religious schools’, Jewish faith leaders tell Ofsted Jewish faith leaders have urged the schools inspectorate to show more “respect” for faith schools. Members of the Orthodox… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News New sponsor and ‘substantial capital programme’ confirmed for struggling Whitehaven Academy The Cumbria Education Trust (CET) has been given leave to take on the troubled Whitehaven Academy in Cumbria, more… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Schools Company: DfE denies claims it had ‘positive’ relationship with troubled trust The Department for Education has flatly denied that it maintained a “positive” relationship with the imploding Schools Company Trust… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Schools Company: Board minutes reveal extent of failure at doomed academy trust Financial incompetency, appalling school buildings and close relationships with government have been revealed in the minutes of trustee meetings… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Schools Company: Doomed trust to end the year ‘£8 million in deficit’ The Schools Company Trust is expected to finish this academic year with a deficit “in the region of £8… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Schools Company: ‘Huge concern’ over pupil referral units run by failed trust Safeguarding breaches, unsafe premises and inadequate staff were among the failings identified at the three pupil referral units run… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Revealed: How Bright Tribe founder ‘resigned’ as an academy sponsor over disagreement with DfE Bright Tribe founder Michael Dwan withdrew his support from the ailing trust amid frustrations over government scrutiny and concerns… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Bright Tribe threatened court action over failed bid to run Cumbrian schools Attempts by the Bright Tribe academy trust to create an “axis of improvement” for schools in rural Cumbria failed… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Did failed Greater Manchester UTC get ‘free pass’ despite warnings? The viability of the failed Greater Manchester university technical college was questioned by government officials even before it opened,… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Inspection gap for outstanding schools widens to 11 years, and other findings from Ofsted The amount of time between inspections of outstanding schools with the longest gaps has risen to 11 years, Ofsted’s annual… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Teach First founder Brett Wigdortz to chair embattled National Citizen Service Brett Wigdortz, the founder of Teach First, has been appointed as the new chair of the National Citizen Service. The… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 1,017 Older
