News Exclusive QTS rule change means 9,000 prospective teachers can retake skills test At least 9,000 prospective teachers barred from training after failing a skills test three times will be able to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News QTS skills test: Lock-out period and retake charges scrapped The government is to scrap the controversial lock-out period that currently prevents would-be teachers from retaking the QTS skills… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Teachers need proper sex education training, warn experts External speakers should not be used as substitutes for trained teachers under plans to make sex and relationships education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Teacher workload crisis threatens examiner recruitment Teacher workload and reforms to GCSEs and A-levels are affecting examiner recruitment. Union officials, school leaders and examiners have… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News REVEALED: The local authorities with the biggest staffing cuts Secondary schools have lost more than 15,000 members of staff over the last three years, but teacher-to-pupil ratios have… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Ofsted allows newly-trained staff to lead short inspections Ofsted will allow 25 junior inspectors who signed up to a fast-track training programme with a cash incentive to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Slight fall in school absence fines in wake of Platt court case Parents fined for their children’s unauthorised absence fell a little last year, but the figures did not change as… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive United Learning and Ark in north-London turf war Two of the country’s leading academy trusts have clashed over plans for an “unneeded” free school in north London…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Floreat Brentford Primary free school to close The sponsor of Floreat Brentford Primary School, a free school in west London, has announced plans to close the… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Yeovil’s St Michael’s Academy hit with financial notice to improve A junior school in Somerset has been hit with a financial notice to improve from the government after it… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Campaigner wants school absence contact procedures changed Schools should be forced to contact multiple family members in the event of unexpected pupil absences, according to a… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Sweet-talking the government worth six figures to struggling trusts Some academy trusts are getting extra money simply because of their “powers of persuasion” while others struggle with their… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y Newer 1 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 979 Older