Academies Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national… Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo News Ofsted: Mainstream accountability focus risks SEND ‘flexibility’ Leaders said staff shortages were a ‘barrier to meeting children and young people’s aspirations for the future’, the report… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Schools Exclusive 11-hour school day pays dividends A report showed missed homework sanctions were down 12 per cent and stars for good behaviour were up 16… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y School buildings Exclusive Council barred from using £200k grant to repair schools Barnet council wanted to move the cash from its dedicated schools grant reserves for ‘urgent and unbudgeted repairs’ Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Academies Brighton academy trust ditches controversial 20% GAG-pool Trust rocked by strikes ‘committed to ending’ GAG pooling policy, as it opts to top-slice instead Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y News ‘No evidence’ streaming and setting harms poorer pupils’ outcomes – study But study also finds ‘tentative signs’ primary teachers feel more comfortable supporting struggling students when ability grouping is used Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Exclusions £21k fine for exclusions ‘won’t happen’, says council official Devon had planned to introduce an exclusions levy under a push for inclusion Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Ofqual MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job MPs hope he will serve a full term and ‘restore much-needed stability’ to Ofqual Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Academies Exclusive Academy trusts offer schools £25k ‘golden hellos’ as DfE grant dropped The government will scrap grants to aid schools convert to academy status in the new year Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Politics Exclusive Sir Kevan Collins interview: ‘We’re making MATs accountable’ England’s school system has ‘practice we should be proud of’, but ‘pockets that we should be ashamed of’, says… John Dickens 1y John Dickens 1y Ofsted Long read Is Ofsted right to fear the rise of flexi-schooling? ‘A switched-on parent can do more in 40 minutes of one-to-one than a class’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1y Solutions Long read Nine-day fortnight proves a big hit with Dixons staff One term in, Schools Week visited Dixons Fazakerley Academy, in Liverpool, to see how it’s going… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Newer 1 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 1,015 Older