News Primary school locked down after shooting that injured MP Parents are being re-assured that pupils and staff at Birstall Primary Academy are safe after the school was locked… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Sir David Carter: I don’t want to go to war with councils over academies Government should not “get in the way” of local authorities that want to form multi-academy trusts, with the national… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Health check for growing academy trusts will focus on standards and improvement A requirement for academy trusts to demonstrate a “track record” of school improvement before being allowed to expand “could… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Publish performance data for schools commissioners, says Sir David Carter Performance data for the eight regional schools commissioners should be published “in the spirit of transparency”, Sir David Carter… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News School heavyweights join board as CentreForum becomes Education Policy Institute A prominent think tank set up by the Liberal Democrats will abandon its political links and focus exclusively on… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News No legal duty for schools to deal with sexism Schools will not be given a new legal duty to identify and deal with sexism because it is “not… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Children getting first choice secondary school place remains stable, despite rising number of applicants The proportion of children getting a place at their first choice secondary school has remained stable, despite the number… Sophie Scott 8y Sophie Scott 8y News Strike ballots in 7 schools after academy chain SPTA ditches creative subjects and cuts jobs A curriculum restructure at seven secondary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber will lead to more than 88 jobs… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Law firm deletes tweets criticical of SEND parents A law firm representing local authorities at court cases over children with special needs has removed a series of… Sophie Scott 8y Sophie Scott 8y News Jewish educational sites to receive £13m for security measures Jewish schools have received almost seven times the amount of government funding for security this year compared with two… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News What is going on with deputy RSCs? Each regional schools commissioner (RSC) will now have two deputy directors – paid up to £95,000 each – to… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Inquiry submissions reveal how academy chains want to be inspected England’s largest academy chains are divided over how their performance should be judged, written evidence submitted to parliament has… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y Newer 1 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 893 Older