News Public accounts committee chair slams ‘exorbitantly expensive’ PFI contracts The chair of the parliamentary public accounts committee Meg Hillier has spoken out against costly private finance initiative contracts… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News DfE under pressure to explain how Carillion collapse affects schools The new education secretary Damian Hinds is under pressure to release information about the impact of Carillion’s collapse on… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News MPs on the warpath over academy trust accountability The government should publish “scorecards” for academy trusts and base decisions on whether they are allowed to grow both… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News UTCs have ‘failed to establish their position’, spending watchdog says Many of the government’s multimillion-pound university technical colleges have “failed to establish their position in the educational landscape”, and… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News NAO report on STEM skills: 7 important findings for schools The National Audit Office has published a wide-ranging report on science, technology, engineering and maths skills. Here are some… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Academy trust boss defends £1.5m in consultancy payments to family firm An academy trust chief executive whose family business made almost £1.5 million in consultancy fees in two years has… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Sixth form with ‘dodgy’ legal status joins City of London Academies Trust A sixth form investigated for being “unlawful” has finally become official nearly four years after it was told it… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Head of unregistered private school banned from teaching over safeguarding concerns The head of an unregistered private school in Birmingham has been banned from teaching after inspectors repeatedly raised safeguarding issues… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Carillion, construction firm that works in hundreds of schools, to go into liquidation A firm that provides facilities maintenance, cleaning and catering services to hundreds of schools is to go into liquidation,… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Suffolk schools to lose millions as council plans free transport cut Opposition is mounting against plans to cancel free transport from thousands of children, amid claims it will cost some… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Harris to move alternative provision pupils to new vocational school site Harris has announced plans to move its Aspire AP academy, which caters for pupils at risk of exclusion, onto… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News DfE fails to hit female leadership coaching target The Department for Education is almost a year behind on its target to link 1,000 women teachers with 1,000… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y Newer 1 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 979 Older
