News Top DfE civil servant blames poor communication for an accounting blunder The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted that better communication could have solved an administrative error that… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News ‘Great teaching is the opposite of what you learn in training’ The Department for Education’s former teacher in residence has claimed excellent teaching is the “direct opposite” of what he… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Two-year visa migrant teachers ease recruitment crisis Schools are increasingly opting to employ migrant teachers on strict two year-only visas. The government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive School tells staff to switch off ‘non-essential’ lights to save money A school has told staff to “switch off non-essential” lights – even when pupils are in school – to… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Exclusive ‘Superhead’ Jo Shuter has teaching ban overturned A superhead who was banned from teaching for life over her expenses can now return to the classroom after… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Exclusive Auditors flag increase in financially ‘unviable’ academy trusts Auditors are increasingly raising the alarm about academy trusts at risk of running out of money, with chains raiding… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Roll pupil premium into national funding formula, say experts Key architects of the government’s new national funding formula have suggested the pupil premium could be rolled into core… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Meet the £200k-per-year academy chiefs who look after just a handful of schools Growing numbers of academy leaders, many of them responsible for only a handful of schools, now earn more than… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Exclusive Revealed: The 23 trusts that broke rules over £4m related-party transactions Twenty-three academy trusts breached funding rules last year when they made payments of more than £4 million to companies… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Termly safeguarding audits would help heads ‘sleep at night’ A specialist body of safeguarding officers should be set up within or separately from Ofsted because inspections are “too… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Sponsored academies lose more pupils after takeovers More pupils leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they are under local authority control, a new… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Governors in West Sussex plan strike over school funding Plans for the first “strike” of school governors have prompted a warning about the morale of volunteers who are… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y Newer 1 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 893 Older
