News DfE doesn’t know how many free schools have sprinklers The government has admitted it does not know how many free schools have been built without fire-preventing sprinklers. The… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Over 90% of investigations into academy finances are a result of whistleblowers Almost every investigation into academy trusts by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) over the past four years has… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Government invites bidders for new ‘innovative’ teacher training fund The government is inviting bidders to apply for new funding to develop “innovative approaches” to initial teacher training. Education… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Investigation: Schools face postcode lottery in free school meals take-up Figures released last week reveal that registration for means-tested free school meals – which is linked to pupil premium… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Academy to slash breaks and extend day to meet new GCSE demands An academy’s plans to slash its lunchtime break and extend the school day is the latest example of a… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Six MPs stand for election as education committee chair Six Conservative MPs, including three former education ministers, have been nominated to stand for election to chair the House… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Nominations open for RSC headteacher board elections The nomination process to elect headteachers and academy trust bosses onto influential boards that advise regional schools commissioners has… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News EEF: Debate-style teaching boosts pupils’ progress The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has released the findings from four programmes aimed at improving pupil grades – with… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Ofsted gives 700 sponsored academies a fresh start The Ofsted ratings of more than 700 schools have been wiped clean after becoming an academy or rebrokering, a… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Ministers finally set to shut down Perry Beeches The controversial Perry Beeches academy trust in Birmingham is finally set to be disbanded, with its five schools handed… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Exclusive Home education doubles, with schools left to ‘pick up pieces’ when it fails The number of pupils leaving school to be educated at home has almost doubled over the past six years,… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Just one in 10 returner teachers under government scheme secure jobs Just one in ten returner teachers recruited under a government scheme to boost ailing numbers of maths and physics… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 984 Older
