News Accounts Watch: Academy trust chief gets £85,000 severance pay-out An academy trust chief executive who resigned after a misconduct investigation received a payout of of more than £85,000…. John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Exclusive Ministers urged to drop DBS check rules ‘killing off’ school language exchanges Education leaders are set to meet the schools minister and urge him to amend new guidance on criminal record… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Educational psychologists stripped from schools A decline in the number of educational psychologists working with schools has prompted calls for a shake-up of funding…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Basildon Academies trust issued fourth government warning An academy trust dubbed one of the early “untouchables” has been issued with its fourth government warning notice. The… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Multi-academy trusts spend less on ‘back office’ but don’t pay teachers more … and 6 other EPI findings Schools in multi-academy trusts spend less on “back office” costs and more on primary teaching staff, compared to standalone… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Treasury claws back £384m academy conversion funding More than £380 million of a £600 million pot for building capacity in the academies system has been clawed… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive Black girls take the lead in STEM subjects Black girls are the only ethnic group that outnumber their male peers taking science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM)… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Regional schools commissioner league tables 2014-15 After a six-month battle with the government, Schools Week has obtained the data used by ministers to assess the… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Exclusive Brooke Weston academy trust invests £1m in stocks Entrepreneurial academy trusts are taking advantage of their cash freedoms to make six-figure profits by investing in stocks and… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Exclusive Teaching apprenticeships: the new school direct? Ministers are drawing up plans for an apprenticeship route into teaching that could replace current on-the-job training schemes, Schools… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive No council cash for new free schools in Manchester Manchester City Council is refusing to budget for three of the four free schools due to open in the… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News RSC performance measure quietly dropped The government stopped judging regional commissioners on how many schools in their regions were in need of an academy… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 972 Older