News DfE announces £50m to expand special schools, but the money isn’t new Ministers will hand councils £50 million to expand special schools and improve existing facilities for pupils with special educational… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Highlights from Northern Rocks 2018 The last ever Northern Rocks conference was held in Leeds last weekend. Schools Week was there to take in… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive LocatEd expands remit to include ‘site optimisation’ A company set up by the government to find and buy sites for the free schools programme will now… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Ofsted attempts parental charm offensive Ofsted wants to make its inspection reports more accessible to parents because they are its “most important education stakeholders”,… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive TAs miss out on training as funding plummets Nearly half of teaching assistants claim to have received no training from their schools within the last year as… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Troubled UCAT trust to shed four schools after finances warning Four schools run by the troubled University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT) will be rebrokered to new sponsors following… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Grammar schools benefit from DfE’s largesse Grammar schools are getting proportionally more money from the government than comprehensives to spend on buildings, including brand new… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Make a wish: The schools forced to use Amazon to ask parents to buy pens Schools are asking for toys, books, and “scientific slime” via Amazon wishlists as unions warn budgets have reached a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News PISA gender report ‘reinforces stereotypes’ A major international report blaming girls’ lack of self-confidence in maths as the main reason for their weaker results… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Government publishes details of pre-key stage standards for SEND pupils The government has confirmed how it will track the progress of special educational needs pupils working “below test standard”… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News DfE releases 26 more private school warning notices The government has published 26 more warning notices identifying failings at private schools around the country. The notices, which cover… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Free school transport cut for 20,000 rural pupils in three years More than 20,000 pupils in rural England have lost free school transport in the last three years as county… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 1,003 Older
