News Exclusive ‘Low-cost’ private school gets government green light A “no frills” low-cost private school has won government approval to open after a year-long delay. The Independent Grammar… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News DfE considers bigger classroom role for trainee teacher mentors The government is considering asking mentors to spend more time in the classroom with trainee and new teachers. The… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Jewish school found redacting textbooks put into special measures A Jewish girls’ school which redacted textbooks showing men and women on the same page, paintings by Picasso and… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted: Half of pupils who leave before their GCSEs don’t end up in another state school Around 50 per cent of pupils who left school before taking their GCSEs last year did not end up… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Are birthday cards to ex-pupils the solution to the teacher recruitment crisis? Schools should send their former pupils birthday cards to encourage them to become teachers, according to the government’s teacher… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Proportion of ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools drops after Ofsted reporting change The proportion of schools recorded as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ has dropped by two percentage points after missing data for… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News DfE rubber-stamps closure of troubled studio school The troubled Isle of Wight Studio School will close next summer, the Department for Education has confirmed. Closure was… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Government plans a review of children’s physical activity at school Schools’ efforts to engage their least active pupils in physical activities will be reviewed by the government as it… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exam stress ‘isn’t new’, and two other things we learned from ministers at education questions MPs grilled education secretary Damian Hinds at the House of Commons this afternoon, alongside the children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted at the public accounts committee: Five things we learned Leading figures from Ofsted, the Department for Education and trades union movement were questioned by MPs about the quality… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Still no sign of the delayed ‘healthy schools’ rating scheme The government still doesn’t know when proposals for a ‘healthy schools’ rating scheme will come to fruition, 10 months… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Phonics check 2018 pass mark announced The pass mark for the phonics screening check will remain at 32 this year, the Department for Education has… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y Newer 1 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 1,017 Older
