News Education Fellowship trust gives up all 12 schools over poor performance An academy trust has become the first in the country to give up all its schools, after financial problems… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News £215 million to adapt building for SEND pupils won’t go to most needy Special needs funding is now being allocated as “a blunt instrument”, with cash handed out based on population growth,… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Ofsted drops letters praising ‘exceptional’ heads Ofsted has dropped a commitment to send letters to headteachers doing an “exceptional turnaround job” at other schools after… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Exclusive Pension row delays Bright Tribe free school takeover A long-running squabble over a pension deficit has seriously delayed a major multi-academy trust from taking over a failing… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Football club’s free school to close with £500,000 debt A free school set up by Bolton Wanderers Football Club will close later this year owing the government £500,000… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted announces school curriculum investigation amid gaming ‘scandal’ Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is set to announce a major investigation into whether schools are delivering a broad… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Class sizes pushing 40 as cuts bite, union claims Headteachers are being forced to increase class sizes to cope with funding pressures, with some leaders reporting they are now… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Progress 8 still too similar to old GCSE measure – and 5 other findings from EPI report Progress 8 is only “slightly” better at assessing the performance of schools fairly, and still has flaws that need… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Grammar school taxis could cost £5k a pupil Plans to fund free transport for disadvantaged pupils to grammar schools could leave councils and schools out of pocket,… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Low-attainers at partially selective schools do worse at GCSE, study finds Pupils with low prior attainment at partially selective schools are less likely to achieve good GCSEs than those at… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Budget 2017: The 5 things schools need to know The chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his spring budget in the House of Commons today. Most of the education… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive More heads consider resigning over funding cuts More experienced headteachers are ready to resign over budget cuts that would “decimate” their schools, it was claimed today…. John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 972 Older
