News Review launched into educational outcomes of children in need A review by the Department for Education will examine and seek to improve the educational outcomes of children considered… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Major Catholic academisation plans held up by doubters Plans by the Diocese of Westminster to convert over 200 schools into academies have hit a bump in the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Do the maths: Cost of new times-tables tests to top £5.2m New times-tables tests for nine-year-olds will cost the Department for Education more than £5 million to implement, Schools Week… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusions review and £4m ‘alternative provision fund’ unveiled There will be a new £4 million alternative provision fund to support excluded pupils to return to mainstream schools…. Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Deficit gap widens between LA schools and academies Local authority-maintained schools are increasingly slipping into deficit as funding pressures continue to bite, new research has found. A… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Ofsted WILL now use predecessor school grades in academy statistics Ofsted has decided to factor the grades of academies’ predecessor schools into its official data, it has confirmed. The… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted A company that runs apprenticeship training for schools has been branded “not fit for purpose” by Ofsted after inspectors… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exam malpractice allegations sealed fate of doomed studio school Accusations of exam malpractice sealed the fate of a doomed studio school, according to “shocking” minutes from its board… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News New data shows 12.5% rise in full secondary schools The proportion of secondary schools that are full or over capacity has risen for the first time in at… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Failing private schools to get three months to improve or close Private schools that fail to meet the government’s standards will be given three months to improve or they will… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Schools sought for ‘returner-teachers’ pilot Up to 10 schools are being sought to take part in a trial of a scheme aimed at persuading… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Ofqual clamps down on teacher-examiner cheating Exam boards will be expected to check teaching plans and materials, monitor social media and track “unusual” exam results… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 1,003 Older