News DfE doesn’t check whether academy leaders are ‘fit and proper’ Academy trustees and senior leaders are not being properly vetted for their suitability to run schools, the government’s spending… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News National Audit Office academies report: The key findings The system used by the government to convert local authority-maintained schools into academies is under National Audit Office scrutiny…. Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Set aside 15 minutes of dedicated reading time, secondary schools told Secondary schools should set aside at least 15 minutes of “dedicated reading time” every day to encourage pupils to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Gloucestershire school threatened with closure over standards A school in Gloucestershire will have its funding terminated unless it can produce an effective plan to pull itself… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Minister: Academy trustees ‘not rigorous enough’ on CEO pay Academy trust boards are “not being rigorous enough” in curbing excessive pay of senior leaders, the academies minister Theodore… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ofsted: Hijab row school got ‘ineffective’ support from council The school at the centre of a row over its decision to ban younger pupils from wearing the hijab remains… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Expanded grammar schools ready for extra pupils by 2020 Grammar schools will be able to expand and take on extra pupils as soon as 2020 if long-awaited funding… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News EEF starts £250k project to boost maths and science teaching in 220 schools The Education Endowment Fund has partnered with an education charity to run a £250,000 project to improve maths and… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Kathy Kirkham returns to Bright Tribe Kathy Kirkham has returned to the troubled Bright Tribe trust as a director, almost exactly a year after she… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News QTS reforms may put applicants off, warn teacher trainers Reforms to qualified teacher status (QTS) risk putting applicants off and making the benchmark seem less legitimate, according to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Ofsted to look at exclusions malpractice in the north-east Inspectors will investigate whether schools in some parts of England are misusing exclusions, after it emerged that secondary schools… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Labour pledges school fire safety overhaul A future Labour government will put sprinkler systems in all new school buildings and pay to remove asbestos and… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 985 Older
