News Public accounts committee asks DfE to show its working An influential group of MPs has publicly questioned the Department for Education’s ability to support schools with financial problems…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Goodbye NCTL, hello Teaching Regulation Agency A new Teaching Regulation Agency will be established from April 2018, following the closure of the National College of… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Write to schools about their behaviour policies, Children’s Commissioner tells DfE The Children’s Commissioner wants to write a letter to all schools reminding leaders that behaviour policies must respect children’s… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Firm plans for compulsory PSHE needed ‘urgently’, says Children’s Commissioner The government is under pressure to release “firm plans” for compulsory personal, social, health and economics education (PSHE) in… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Dads must engage more with children’s education, research suggests National programmes that involve fathers in their children’s education can help tackle boys’ underachievement in schools, new research has… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Dr Becky Allen to lead new Centre for Education Improvement Science The UCL Institute of Education (IoE) has appointed Dr Becky Allen, the current head of Education Datalab, as the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News The pushy parents and unmanageable workloads at private schools Private school teachers have spoken of their “unmanageable workloads” and “exhausted” colleagues, with a third reporting that they are… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News David Ross Education Trust told to improve after Ofsted visits 13 schools A large academy trust has been told to improve pupil progress, just months after the resignations of several of… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Government investigates severance payouts in academy trusts Government finance bosses are investigating several unnamed academy trusts that failed to get Treasury approval for hefty payments made… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News ‘Confusion’ over grammar school expansion plans A London MP is “confused” after a grammar school denied multiple reports in the press that it had plans… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted: Small private school leaders don’t know how to improve teaching Small private schools are not failing Ofsted inspections because they refuse to teach British values, as the media has… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Government has 68 days to stop universal credit roll-out ‘poisoning’ January school census School census data showing how many pupils are on free school meals will be “useless” for the next seven… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 973 Older