News Termly safeguarding audits would help heads ‘sleep at night’ A specialist body of safeguarding officers should be set up within or separately from Ofsted because inspections are “too… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Sponsored academies lose more pupils after takeovers More pupils leave schools when they become sponsored academies than when they are under local authority control, a new… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Governors in West Sussex plan strike over school funding Plans for the first “strike” of school governors have prompted a warning about the morale of volunteers who are… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Harris Federation boss’s salary reaches £420,000 after latest pay rise The country’s best-paid academy boss has been handed another pay rise – boosting his salary to at least £420,000…. John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Government abandons year 3 phonics check after trial prompts workload concerns The government will not extend its phonics screening check re-takes to year three pupils after a trial run prompted concerns… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Ofsted publishes ‘unapproved’ report placing Durand in special measures The education watchdog Ofsted has apologised after publishing an unapproved inspection report into Durand Academy that placed the beleagured… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Government to rebroker Manchester free schools founded by charity boss Two free schools in Greater Manchester will be re-brokered to new multi-academy trusts after one was placed into special… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Nick Gibb ‘comfortable’ with schools’ approach to cost cutting The schools minister Nick Gibb has said he is “comfortable” with the way schools are dealing with rising cost… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Multi-academy trusts swap data systems for Progress 8 New performance measures such as Progress 8 have led some multi-academy trusts to move away from traditional data-system providers…. Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Over a third of parents asked for school donations, survey finds More than a third of parents have been asked to donate money to their child’s school, according to a… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News John Blake appointed education chief at Policy Exchange A former union activist and founder of the grassroots Labour Teachers website has been appointed as head of education… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Poor careers advice due to spending decisions by school leaders, skills minister claims The skills and apprenticeships minster has warned there is “clearly something wrong” with schools where “not enough” good careers… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 972 Older
