News Too few reception pupils are ready for school, heads claim The vast majority of headteachers do not believe their reception pupils are “school-ready”, according to a survey by the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Parental backlash forces academy trust to abandon school closure England’s largest academy chain has abandoned plans to close a town’s only secondary school after a backlash from parents…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News One in 10 Kent schools don’t have a headteacher A tenth of Kent schools have been forced to begin the new academic year without a headteacher in place,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Former head guilty of £100,000 fraud and having sex in school A former academy headteacher who defrauded his school of £100,000, had sex in his office and drank alcohol in… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Top universities reluctant to sponsor struggling schools The UK’s most prestigious universities are turning down chances to sponsor struggling schools through the government’s academies programme, research… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Mixed-ability classes barely exist in schools, researchers find Teaching pupils in mixed-ability groups is so unpopular that researchers struggled to find enough examples to complete a recent… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News DfE advertises ‘school improvement’ roles for RSC office The Department for Education is advertising for “school improvement” roles at a regional schools commissioner’s office, a move that… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News University-backed academy trust criticised for overseeing weak teaching The Education Central Multi Academy Trust has been ordered to improve its teaching and school improvement “urgently”, after Ofsted… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News St Olave’s u-turn on pupil exclusions A grammar school ejecting pupils in the middle of their A-levels has backtracked on its severe exclusions policy, saying… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Media studies exam specification delays leave schools in the dark Schools are unsure what they should teach their media studies pupils this term, following delays to the sign-off of… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Pioneering London academy absorbed by Harris Federation One of the country’s first ever academies has been taken over by a major London academy chain, after it… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News NEU launches as the largest education union in Europe The National Education Union officially comes into being today, with more than 450,000 members from schools and colleges across… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y Newer 1 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 1,019 Older
