News Manchester Creative Studio will close this summer A struggling studio school with low pupil numbers and “significant financial challenges” will close this summer, it has been… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Tributes paid to NFER vice-president David Whitbread, who has died aged 81 David Whitbread, the vice-president of the National Foundation for Education Research, has died at the age of 81. NFER… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Academy accounts hearing: 7 things we learned MPs have today grilled the government’s top education officials over the state of academy finances. The parliamentary public accounts… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Damian Hinds is ‘carefully considering’ lifting the faith-based admissions cap The new education secretary is “carefully considering” whether or not to scrap a cap on faith-based admissions to free… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News ‘I found it a privilege’ – Greening gives first interview since reshuffle Justine Greening has spoken of the “privilege” of serving as education secretary, a job she has “always wanted to… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Headteacher boards swerve post-16 and SEND despite DfE promises The headteacher boards have been ignoring post-16 and SEND experts in their decisions on academisation – even though the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News A deep dive into Progress 8 and disadvantage The Department for Education released its revised GCSE results for the 2016-17 exams on January 25, and Schools Week… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News How Progress 8 disguises grammar school pupils’ true performance Grammar school pupils are not making as much progress as official figures suggest, according to new research into the… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Warrington UTC enrages neighbouring schools by ‘poaching’ pupils A university technical college in Cheshire has infuriated local schools after it invited its 2018 intake to start this… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Revealed: Failing schools that received emergency cash An emergency government funding pot for schools “in danger of imminent failure” handed out £2.6 million to 29 schools… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Wild disparity between PISA tests taken on paper and PC Pupils taking international aptitude tests have scored much worse since organisers switched from paper exams to a computer-based system… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News DfE looking at Ofsted and RSC overlap The government is actively discussing whether the “overlap” between Ofsted and the regional schools commissioners (RSC) represents “value for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 1,002 Older
