News Confirmed: Teacher apprentices will be paid on unqualified scale Trainee teachers on a new postgraduate teaching apprenticeship will be guaranteed an unqualified teacher’s salary, the government has announced…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Unauthorised absences up despite government crackdown Unauthorised absences are pushing an overall rise in the proportion of pupils taking time off school, despite government attempts… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News More reception pupils have ‘good’ development, and 4 other findings from EYFS results data The government has published results data from the national Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFS). The results are based… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Schools must restart 20-hour computer science test amid security concerns The exam board Edexcel has replaced the non-examined assessment (NEA) component of its computer science GCSE, leaving schools having… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Baverstock Academy fraud inquiry closed The police have ended their investigation into alleged fraud at Birmingham’s Baverstock Academy. West Midlands Police said today that… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Jamie Oliver: Delayed ‘healthy schools rating’ should be compulsory A voluntary rating system for healthy schools which the government has committed to rolling out in primary schools should be… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News New association to ‘oversee’ apprenticeship assessment Two organisations are forming a new company to make sure new teaching apprenticeship routes are assessed properly, but insist… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Calls to end ‘discrimination’ against citizenship teachers The government is “discriminating” against citizenship teachers and harming social mobility, the chief executive of the Association for Citizenship… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News EEF launches new music, drama and journalism trials Thousands of children across the England will take part in new trials to assess whether skills like music, drama… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Foster families across the country charged for ‘free’ school transport Foster families around the country are being forced to pay for what should be free school transport – but… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Science teachers unclear over GCSE ‘standard pass’ Science teachers need clarification on what counts as a “strong” and a “standard” pass in the combined science GCSE… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News School performance data: winners and losers The Department for Education this week published school-level data on GCSE and A-level results, including Progress 8 and Attainment… Schools Week Reporter 8y Schools Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 1,013 Older