News Campaigner wants school absence contact procedures changed Schools should be forced to contact multiple family members in the event of unexpected pupil absences, according to a… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Sweet-talking the government worth six figures to struggling trusts Some academy trusts are getting extra money simply because of their “powers of persuasion” while others struggle with their… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Girls school holds off negative Ofsted report with legal threats A Kent school that managed to suppress an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted report for eight months by threatening legal action has… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Lack of understanding hampers heads’ ability to help pupils with mental health School leaders’ lack of understanding of counselling and psychotherapy is making it difficult for them to commission mental health… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Pupils with certificate signed by a Catholic priest can get school place priority Catholic schools can continue to accept a certificate signed by a priest as proof of pupils’ faith when giving… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News St Neots Learning Partnership issued with pre-termination warning notice An academy trust in Cambridgeshire has been warned it faces closure over “unacceptably low” standards at one of its… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Councils ‘not confident’ school admission rules are legal Eight local councils are not confident that schools in their area have lawful admissions arrangements, according to the Office… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Government confirms free school meals eligibility under universal credit The government will proceed with its plans to change the threshold for free school meals eligibility under universal credit,… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Questions over training and pay for school mental health leads Schools are still none the wiser on the new mental health “leads” after it emerged the government is yet… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Performance data on EAL pupils is ‘profoundly misleading’, warns EPI Attainment scores for children with English as an additional language (EAL) are “profoundly misleading” and “distorted”, according to a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Ministers under pressure on funding for PSHE lessons Ministers are under increasing pressure to say whether they will make personal, social, health and economics (PSHE) lessons compulsory,… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Zero-tolerance behaviour policies exclude more vulnerable children, MPs told Increases in exclusions are being driven by “shaming” school behaviour policies backed by the Department for Education, experts have… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 1,008 Older