News Exclusive Private schools repeatedly fail school standards but stay open Almost 200 small independent schools are still open despite repeatedly failing to reach Ofsted standards, according to new Schools… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Carter identifies 8 kinds of ‘decliner’ and ‘improver’ schools The national schools commissioner wants to challenge the idea there are only “the very best” or “very weak” schools… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive The Expandables: which academy trusts are supersizing? To kick off the first term of 2017-18, Schools Week has delved into the data on academy trust expansion… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Information Commissioner cracks down on pupil nationality data collection The information commissioner has told the Department for Education to strengthen its guidance on collecting pupil nationality data. Census… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Superhead researchers reveal 9 indicators of a successful ‘turnaround’ headteacher Heads with the best long-term school improvement plans are often nearly fired two years into the job simply because… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Laker and Hill: Replace at least a third of staff to fix failing schools Heads need to change between 30 and 50 per cent of the teaching staff at a failing secondary school… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News KS1 SATs will only be scrapped if baseline works SATs tests for 7-year-olds are to be scrapped, but not for at least six years, and it all hinges… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Government scraps places limit for teacher training courses The government has abandoned recruitment controls for initial teacher training courses, allowing providers to recruit to an unlimited extent… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Academy chains received £7 million to take over ‘schools no one wants’ Academy trusts have been given over £7 million this year for taking over schools abandoned or handed over by… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News P-levels will be scrapped as government accepts Rochford Review The government has accepted most of the recommendations in the Rochford Review, including scrapping ‘P’ levels for pupils working below… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Greening: New “teacher-mediated” baseline tests for 4-year-olds Reception pupils will once again face a “baseline assessment” when entering school, Justine Greening has announced, two years after… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Key stage 1 SATs scrapped from 2023 Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023, Justine Greening has confirmed. In her response to the government’s… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y Newer 1 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 973 Older
