News Revealed: New sponsors for WCAT’s schools New sponsors for the 21 schools given up by the troubled Wakefield City Academies Trust have been provisionally named…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive RSC pushed to rebroker WCAT schools NINE months before official announcements The regional schools commissioner first pushed to remove schools from Wakefield City Academies trust in December 2016, though it… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Government approves new teacher apprenticeship The government has officially rubber-stamped proposals for a new apprenticeship for teachers, Schools Week can reveal. The Institute for… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News DfE to review ‘disproportionate’ exclusions of certain ethnicities The Department for Education is to launch an external review into the links between pupil ethnicity and exclusions, focusing… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Headteacher outcry after £7m SEND pot assigned to academy expansion A group of headteachers have written to their council, challenging its proposal to spend almost £30 million on expanding… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Excluded pupils twice as likely to have unqualified teachers, report finds Excluded pupils are twice as likely to be taught by an unqualified or supply teacher when they reach their… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Schools are meeting more careers advice benchmarks Schools are falling short of government-endorsed standards for good careers advice, despite a slight improvement in recent years, new… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Teaching apprenticeship rumoured to launch this week A teaching apprenticeship for graduates is due to be announced this week, Schools Week understands, but it will only be… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Opportunity area plans – what do schools need to know? The government has released plans for the first six of its “opportunity areas”. The plans set out how each… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News DfE tightens grip on curriculum with new policy jobs The government appears to be tightening its grip on what is taught in schools, and is advertising three senior… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Schools open 3-year sixth forms to boost pupil numbers Schools have begun to offer three-year stints in sixth form to pupils whose grades are too low to start… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Greening reveals projects in first 6 ‘opportunity areas’ Independent partnership boards will be set up to boost children’s attainment in six of the government’s ‘opportunity areas’, according… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y Newer 1 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 979 Older
