News EEF predicts ‘little or no headway’ in closing attainment gap by 2021 Schools are expected to make “little or no headway” in closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News DfE director Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Hinds: Carillion school building projects ‘may need to be re-procured’ A “small number” of school building projects run by Carillion may need to be re-procured, the education secretary has… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News 11-plus test provider goes to tribunal over secret scoring methods One of the country’s largest assessment companies is being taken to tribunal after refusing to release the details of… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Revealed: RSC’s links to school with severe safeguarding failures The government faces questions over links between a regional schools commissioner and a school criticised by Ofsted for safeguarding… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Revealed: 73 schools, trusts and councils to split £25m improvement funding The names of dozens of schools, academy trusts and local authorities that will split a £25 million handout from… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Damian Hinds gives first speech as education secretary The new education secretary Damian Hinds spoke of the need for schools to focus on core subjects like maths,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News SEND experts demand review of high-needs funding rules New funding rules will create a “perverse incentive” for schools to “over-identify” pupils as having special educational needs and… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News £10 million pledge for outdoor learning not enough to make a difference, warn critics A government promise to give schools £10 million to help children get “close to nature” has been given a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Strict traditional teaching methods are ‘pushing oracy out’, says MP Traditionalist “chalk and talk” pedagogy is pushing oracy skills out of the curriculum to the detriment of poorer pupils,… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive Cash-strapped specialist teacher training hubs struggle to recruit Specialist teacher training hubs set up to tackle teacher shortages in languages, physics and maths are struggling to sign… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Unions: Schools need more help with handling complaints The unions want schools to have more help to deal with complaints, after the government ended a useful customer… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y Newer 1 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 979 Older