News ‘Broadly feasible’ to rate governors on nine metrics, study finds It is possible to judge the quality of school governing bodies and boards based on nine specific metrics, an… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Private-state partnership project fails to collect necessary data The government spent over £175,000 on partnership projects between state primaries and independent schools, but cannot measure how effective they… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Greening wants departure from ‘punitive intervention’ in struggling schools The government needs to help schools feel there is not “a purely punitive intervention approach” to helping them improve,… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Greening becomes third government minister to launch ‘careers strategy’ Justine Greening has become the third government minister to announce a long-awaited “careers strategy”, two years after it was… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News £2.2m for 11 new research schools takes total to 22 Eleven schools across England will split a pot of more than £2 million to become new research hubs, Justine… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Public ranks comprehensive schools as best for social mobility Good comprehensive schools are the best way to reverse stagnating social mobility, ahead of any other kind of educational… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Five graphs that reveal why the 1% pay cap puts the education system at “substantial risk” Stalling retention and recruitment is putting the future of the education system at “substantial risk”, according to the official… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Reform grammar schools or pull their funding, senior MP tells ministers Ministers are under pressure to reform grammar schools or pull their funding after new government data showed that the… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Teachers’ pay cap maintained at 1% for 2017-18 Pay rises for teachers will remain capped at 1 per cent on average in 2017-18, the government has confirmed…. Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News DfE doesn’t know how many free schools have sprinklers The government has admitted it does not know how many free schools have been built without fire-preventing sprinklers. The… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Over 90% of investigations into academy finances are a result of whistleblowers Almost every investigation into academy trusts by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) over the past four years has… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Government invites bidders for new ‘innovative’ teacher training fund The government is inviting bidders to apply for new funding to develop “innovative approaches” to initial teacher training. Education… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y Newer 1 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 1,018 Older