News Government accused of delaying report on impact of migration on schools A “major review” of how mass migration has affected schools will now be rolled into a wider look at… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Ofqual reveals method for allocating highest grades in new GCSEs New rules for allocating top grades in GCSEs have been floated by the exams watchdog Ofqual. From summer 2017,… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Government scraps this year’s KS1 SPAG test following paper leak Primary schools will not have to make their pupils sit controversial new key stage 1 spelling and grammar tests… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News The trusts that run the country’s free schools – revealed Schools Week today publishes a database that reveals the trusts running every free school in the country. This data… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Bellevue Place Education Trust – the free school group you’ve never heard of Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET) is the third largest free school owner, with seven primary schools in and around… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News DfE’s new property group exacerbates school land sale fears Plans to transfer ownership of all school land to the government combined with rumours surrounding a property company set… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Do PiXL schools have more volatile results? Schools Week analysed last year’s GCSE results for nearly 600 PiXL schools to try to ascertain whether their scores… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News The game changer: Schools Week’s year-long investigation into qualification switching and PiXL Last year, Schools Week revealed how school network partnership PiXL encouraged the use of obscure qualifications to boost pupil… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Free breakfasts proposed for primary schools A parliamentary report that highlighted the problem of children going to school hungry has proposed free breakfasts to tackle… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Parent-led free schools in steady decline The future of free schools as independent, standalone institutions is in doubt as new rules requiring academies to join… Nicky Phillips 8y Nicky Phillips 8y News Exam board deal saves language GCSEs and A levels, but Dutch and Persian face the axe Endangered GCSEs and A levels in languages including Panjabi, Portuguese and Japanese have been saved after a deal was… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News 10 key findings from the DfE’s accounts: Bonuses, data breaches and lots more pay-offs The Department for Education (finally) published its annual accounts yesterday. As expected, it wasn’t good news. The government’s spending… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 891 Older