News Schools ban watches to outsmart exam cheats Teachers should be on high alert for technology-aided cheating during this summer’s exams after a scam involving cameras and… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Government confirm £300m available for academy conversion – the rest will go to existing trusts Half of the £600 million earmarked to support the conversion of schools into academies will be handed to existing… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Head denies creating a ‘technical academy’ is a form of streaming An all-through trust that will give pupils a “choice” between two schools offering a different “type of teaching” once… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Schools at risk of losing premises after charity defaults Two schools have been put at “significant risk” of losing their shared building and playing fields after the charity… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Government plans ‘super SCITT’ for MFL teacher training crisis A “super” school-led scheme to train language teachers is the latest government plan to ease staff shortages. Schools Week… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Two new expert groups will review MFL and primary schools The government has commissioned two more expert review groups, despite its delay in publishing a number of other reports…. Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Do research champions and sports coaches in maths make pupils smarter? – the latest EEF findings Evaluations of two research projects looking at sports coaching in English and speech therapy training for teachers, costing £1.1… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News FACT CHECK: Nick Gibb on term-time holidays This morning, schools minister Nick Gibb told Parliament that a change in government policy had led to fewer school… Sophie Scott 8y Sophie Scott 8y News Term time holidays: Government will seek ‘whatever measures necessary’ to keep pupils in school The government will seek “whatever measures necessary” to firm up term-time holiday rules, ministers have vowed after a dad… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Year 7 resits consultation will go ahead, says government A consultation on plans to make year 7 pupils resit key stage 2 tests will go ahead in 2016/17, the… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Fashion A-level planned by exam board An exam board has unveiled plans for a new A-level in fashion in the face of the government’s push… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Speed read: Coates review of education in prison – the schools bits Dame Sally Coates published her review of education in prisons today. Michael Gove, as justice secretary, commissioned the review… Schools Week Reporter 8y Schools Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 888 Older