News Councils paid £100k to write to parents about UTCs The government has handed out more than £100,000 in funding to councils to enable them to write to parents… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Asbestos ‘significant cause for concern’ in over 100 schools Nearly one in five schools are failing to manage asbestos properly – with the government having to intervene in… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Kathy Kirkham resigns as chief executive of Bright Tribe The chief executive of Bright Tribe academy trust, Kathy Kirkham, has resigned. Kirkham has stood down from her role… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Bid to force ‘hostile’ schools to promote technical education succeeds A cross-party bid to force “hostile” schools to give colleges and apprenticeship providers access to their pupils to promote… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Government drops ‘fast-track’ ECDL qualification from league tables The government has dropped the controversial ECDL qualification from its performance league tables from 2019 following gaming concerns. Investigations… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Ofqual ‘extremely cautious’ about more primary testing changes The government should be “extremely cautious” about further changes to primary assessment, Ofqual’s chief regulator has told MPs. Sally Collier… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Unfilled places and £30m land deals – NAO takes aim at free schools The government has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money on its flagship free school project after an investigation found… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News NAO capital funding report: £6.7bn needed to rebuild crumbling schools, and 8 other key findings The National Audit Office today published its report into capital funding for schools. We have the nine key findings…. John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Oasis director Andy Yarrow appointed chief executive of CfBT Schools Trust The CfBT multi-academy trust has appointed a senior director from Oasis Community Learning as its new chief executive, with… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Give schools 12-month warning on policy changes, and 5 other education committee ideas to solve recruitment crisis The education select committee has published its teacher retention and recruitment inquiry today. The report gives a number of… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News MPs call for national CPD ‘annual entitlement’ to boost teacher retention rates The government should roll out an annual entitlement of continual professional development (CPD) for all teachers to boost retention rates,… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Government reviews pupil nationality check guidance after schools’ passport demands The government has beefed up official guidance for the controversial pupil nationality data collection duty after schools wrongly demanded… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 977 Older