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 News SEND tribunals soar by 55%, and almost all still side with families Ministry of Justice reports 21,000 SEN appeals in 2023-24, up from less than 14,000 the year before Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y BTECs Revealed: the BTECs saved from the chop… for now Ministers announce level 3 qualifications that will no longer be defunded next year Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Exams Ofqual: School-level exam cheating hits three-year high Cases of students cheating also jumped by 5.9 per cent, Ofqual data shows Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y School funding 20% rise in council primaries in deficit, but secondaries improve slightly New data shows primary and special schools hit hardest by cuts – as the proportion of LA-run schools in… Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Home education Home education soars by 21% in a year And the number ‘missing’ education entirely has risen by 28 per cent Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Artificial Intelligence Using ChatGPT can cut lesson planning by 31% – EEF study Randomised control trial found teachers told to use the generative AI cut 25.3 minutes from their planning time Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Recruitment and retention Teacher recruitment could be worse than it looks, DfE suggests Government forecasts ‘challenging period’ ahead, will review NPQs…but there are record returners Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y News DfE seeks teacher pay body’s views on 9-day fortnights and staggered starts Views sought on areas where teachers’ pay and conditions ‘may pose a barrier to flexible working’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Newer 1 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 1,016 Older
