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 News London headteacher suspended after fraud arrest The headteacher of a Catholic boys’ school in London has been suspended after he was arrested on suspicion of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Revealed: The hidden cost of free schools Free schools have cost on average almost three times as much to open as the government originally predicted, according… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Baker Clause: MATs failing to meet new rules Only two of the 10 largest multi-academy trusts in England have fully complied with their new legal duty to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Pupil progress declines at UTCs Pupils studying at university technical colleges are making less progress than they did a year ago. Data published by… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News MAT league tables 2017: The best and worst performers, and 4 other findings More than half of MATs fell below the average for Progress 8 performance measures last year, despite a slight… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 1,016 Older
