News Tributes paid to NFER vice-president David Whitbread, who has died aged 81 David Whitbread, the vice-president of the National Foundation for Education Research, has died at the age of 81. NFER… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Academy accounts hearing: 7 things we learned MPs have today grilled the government’s top education officials over the state of academy finances. The parliamentary public accounts… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Damian Hinds is ‘carefully considering’ lifting the faith-based admissions cap The new education secretary is “carefully considering” whether or not to scrap a cap on faith-based admissions to free… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News ‘I found it a privilege’ – Greening gives first interview since reshuffle Justine Greening has spoken of the “privilege” of serving as education secretary, a job she has “always wanted to… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Headteacher boards swerve post-16 and SEND despite DfE promises The headteacher boards have been ignoring post-16 and SEND experts in their decisions on academisation – even though the… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News A deep dive into Progress 8 and disadvantage The Department for Education released its revised GCSE results for the 2016-17 exams on January 25, and Schools Week… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News How Progress 8 disguises grammar school pupils’ true performance Grammar school pupils are not making as much progress as official figures suggest, according to new research into the… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Warrington UTC enrages neighbouring schools by ‘poaching’ pupils A university technical college in Cheshire has infuriated local schools after it invited its 2018 intake to start this… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Revealed: Failing schools that received emergency cash An emergency government funding pot for schools “in danger of imminent failure” handed out £2.6 million to 29 schools… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Wild disparity between PISA tests taken on paper and PC Pupils taking international aptitude tests have scored much worse since organisers switched from paper exams to a computer-based system… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News DfE looking at Ofsted and RSC overlap The government is actively discussing whether the “overlap” between Ofsted and the regional schools commissioners (RSC) represents “value for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News London headteacher suspended after fraud arrest The headteacher of a Catholic boys’ school in London has been suspended after he was arrested on suspicion of… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y Newer 1 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 979 Older
