News LocatEd announces first new free school LocatED, a private company set up by the Department for Education in July 2016 to produce new sites for… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News University-backed academy trust praised for ‘rapid’ improvement Ofsted has praised the University of Chichester Academy Trust for “rapidly” improving its schools with “well-targeted challenge and support”…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y 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 Newer 1 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 982 Older
