News Exclusive No-frills private school delayed AGAIN England’s first “low-cost” private school has apologised for delaying its opening date a second time, after the government told… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Island school reachable only by aeroplane finds academy sponsor The only school on the remote Isles of Scilly in the south-west is joining a multi-academy trust with a… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News EEF: Teacher research engagement strategies are ineffective Teachers need “structured and intensive support” to engage with new research if outcomes are to improve, according to new… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability Schools are using phonics to divide primary classes into ability streams – and pupils born in summer are paying… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Rampant ability grouping in primary is ‘necessary evil’ Testing pressures are forcing primary school teachers to group their pupils by ability, even when they don’t believe it… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Government pledges £45 million to ‘fully embed’ SEND reforms The government has announced a £45 million pot to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, with the… Jess Staufenberg 7y Jess Staufenberg 7y News Bright Tribe to give up struggling Whitehaven Academy Bright Tribe academy trust is to give up Whitehaven Academy in Cumbria, following intense pressure from school staff and… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Teaching apprenticeship grant funding only available in ‘priority subjects’ (including classics) Schools will receive grants to help them pay for new teaching apprenticeships, but only to cover teachers in certain… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News The day of data: What we learned from a deluge of government statistics and announcements Government departments and parliamentary bodies have this morning published a series of announcements, statistical datasets and reports. Here is… Freddie Whittaker 7y Freddie Whittaker 7y News Nick Gibb responds to MPs on grammar schools Nick Gibb has written the government’s response to a parliamentary committee of MPs who investigated the plans for grammar… Laura McInerney 7y Laura McInerney 7y News Government misses teacher training targets in all EBacc subjects except history The government has failed to train enough teachers for any Ebacc subjects except for history, official statistics have revealed…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2% Ofsted wants to change the way it presents statistics about school inspections, including re-adding the past grades of turnaround… Laura McInerney 7y Laura McInerney 7y Newer 1 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 973 Older