News Key stage 2 SATs results: 61% achieve ‘expected standard’ Sixty one per cent of pupils achieved the government’s “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths in this year’s… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Scaled scores for 2017 key stage 2 SATs announced Note (added July 10 2018): Here are the 2018 scaled scores for key stage 2 SATs. The Department for Education… Schools Week Reporter 8y Schools Week Reporter 8y News Academy facing ‘crippling’ £21 million PFI costs will now close A struggling academy facing “crippling” PFI repayments of £21 million will now close, it has been confirmed. Schools Week… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Nick Gibb takes on SRE reform in expanded ministerial role The schools minister Nick Gibb has been given an expanded role at the Department for Education, with the additional… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Simon Lebus resigns as Cambridge Assessment chief executive Simon Lebus, group chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, will stand down from the role after 15 years at the… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Schools face hefty fines for data breaches under new EU laws Schools face having to free up a teacher to work three days every week on EU data protection issues,… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Academy boss: 20 schools is ‘too small’ for a multi-academy trust Twenty schools is “too small” for a multi-academy trust because they will not be able to fund the training… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Grammar supporters ‘wrong’ to think reasoning paper can’t be learned, says neuroscientist People who say it is fairer to test pupils on non-verbal reasoning for grammar school entrance are “completely wrong”… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Ark drops plans to expand teacher training programme in north Academy chain Ark has abandoned ambitious plans to scale-up a new teacher training partnership with two trusts in the… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Detentions are a kind of ‘violence’ against pupils, says expert Detentions were “a kind of violence” against pupils, said a conflict expert during a heated panel debate on pupil… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Schools must plan curriculum and be able to show inspectors, says Harford Schools will need to show they have “designed” their curriculum and whether it helps pupils to be upwardly socially… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive UTCs want ‘best fit’ pupils The organisation that oversees the ailing university technical college (UTC) programme has called on school leaders to “assess” which… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 973 Older