News Dropping practicals from science A-level grades gets mixed response, says Ofqual report The reformed science A-levels could be driving higher-ability pupils away from practicals, after mandatory experiments were dropped from the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Unions: DfE must ‘fully fund’ schools to offer higher pay rises Five teaching unions have urged the government to fund pay rises and reject the recent recommendation by the School… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Ofsted prepares to prosecute four illegal schools which refuse to close Four illegal schools are refusing to comply with government enforcement notices to cease their operation immediately, forcing Ofsted to… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News DfE toughens up rules over academy trust executive pay The rules governing academy chief executives’ pay packets are being toughed up as criticism grows over the sizes of… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Examiners disagree on review marks in 72% of sample scripts Examiners disagreed with each other on the marks they gave nearly three quarters of the time during a recent… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs The government has threatened to rebroker a free school that was put in special measures after failing to enter… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Councils open special free schools applications, as more pupils go private Nineteen local authorities have opened applications to run 19 new special free schools, as new figures reveal that more… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News More trainee teachers than ever are entering via school-led route The proportion of trainee teachers that took the government’s favoured school-route into the profession increased again last year, new… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Academies overspent by £280m last year Academies in England overspent by £280 million last year, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education…. John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Durand blocked critical Ofsted report to ‘keep EFA at bay’, court told Durand Academy Trust has been accused of blocking a critical Ofsted inspection report from being published to “keep the… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Long-term disadvantaged pupils are slipping further behind peers, study finds The pupil premium has done little to boost the attainment of long-term disadvantaged youngsters, who are actually falling further… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Academy trust boss appointed as new South West RSC An academy trust boss has been appointed as the new regional schools commissioner (RSC) for the south west. Lisa… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 984 Older
