News 1 in 5 sixth form colleges starts academy conversion process A fifth of sixth form colleges have already sent formal proposals to convert to academy status, the academies minister… Laura McInerney 8y Laura McInerney 8y News Greening’s £3.5m research hub fund open to ‘opportunity area’ schools Schools in England’s 12 new opportunity areas will be able to bid to become ‘research schools’ and split a… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Consider scrapping KS2 teacher-marked writing tests, says Ofsted director The government should consider scrapping teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, a senior Ofsted official has said…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Schools put in special measures at ‘top-performing’ WCAT A “top-performing” trust handed extra government cash to takeover failing schools must now focus on transforming two of its… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News College of Teaching officially opens its doors for members The Chartered College of Teaching has today officially opened its doors for new members to join. The college, headed… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Schools in six more areas to get ‘opportunity’ funding The government will extend its ‘opportunity areas’ programme to fund schools and councils in six more places – claiming it will… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Ormiston chief Toby Salt takes top role at exam board AQA An academy trust chief executive will resign from the role to take up the top job at exam board… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Check job applicants’ school background, MPs tell employers Employers should judge the educational attainment of job applicants in the context of their schools’ average performance scores to… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Language exchange trips ‘killed’ off by safeguarding worries and costs Schools trying to organise language exchange trips face increasing hurdles including costs, visas and “unclear” government guidance on safeguarding,… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Sixth form funding ‘tight’, admits Nick Gibb In a departure from the government’s usual firm dismissals on a lack of funding, Nick Gibb has admitted that… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Ministers confirm sugar tax will be ringfenced for school sports Ministers have confirmed that funding from a tax on sugary soft drinks will continue to be ring-fenced for school… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Review launched after ‘more than half’ of primary school pupils with language disorders not identified A new inquiry has been launched to discover why speech and language disorders are going unidentified in the majority… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 972 Older
