News Sponsor found for two more WCAT academies Two schools formerly run by the Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) have found a new sponsor, leaving just two… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Unauthorised absence rate highest since records began Unauthorised pupil absence rates have reached the highest on record, new government figures show. Statistics released today show that the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Pupil absence fines down 5.4% The number of fines issued to parents for unauthorised pupil absence has fallen by 5.4 per cent. 149,321 penalty… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Researcher: A private tutoring tax ‘would level grammar school playing field’ A leading education researcher wants a new tax on private tutoring services, to help “level the playing field” for… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Education committee wants reform of social mobility commission MPs have told the government to beef up its social mobility commission and appoint a “minister for social justice”… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Nine in 10 heads are headed for an ‘unmanageable’ budget deficit More than 90 per cent of headteachers expect their schools to rack up an unmanageable budget deficit in the… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Damian Hinds dodges education committee’s questions on MAT inspections Damian Hinds faced his first interrogation by the parliamentary education committee this morning. He used the opportunity not to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofqual cracks down on exam board reviewers’ marking changes Ofqual was “especially disappointed” by the extent to which exam boards changed grades last year, and ensuring it doesn’t… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Teachers are ‘happy with pay’ despite real-terms drop Most teachers remain happy with their income, despite a real-terms drop in pay and longer working hours in recent… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Beef up SATs security to avoid maladministration claims, government tells schools Headteachers are being urged to have two members of staff check deliveries of SATs papers when they arrive at… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News 92 schools are waiting for a sponsor, and 4 other things we learned at education questions MPs spent over an hour grilling the education secretary and his ministers in Parliament this afternoon. Damian Hinds answered… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Email bomb threats: How should schools respond? Hundreds of schools across the country have been evacuated today, after receiving bomb threats by email. The threats, which… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 1,015 Older
