News May gives £67 per teacher for mental health training A commitment to train secondary teachers to identify and deal with mental health problems in pupils will be funded… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News MATs dodge recruitment challenges by parachuting teachers into needy schools Multi-academy trusts are dodging the recruitment crisis by parachuting teachers into schools that would normally struggle to hire, a… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Academies Enterprise Trust stripped of two more schools The country’s largest academy chain has been stripped of two schools – and is in talks about rebrokering more… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Spielman warns sixth form colleges about drop in Ofsted grades Sixth-form colleges have received worse Ofsted grades this year, meaning that fewer than were first expected will now be… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News DfE u-turn over school fire sprinklers The government are reportedly dropping plans to weaken fire safety standards in new schools. The Observer has learned that… Laura McInerney 9y Laura McInerney 9y News Northern Rocks 2017: What we learned at the annual conference The Northern Rocks conference kicked off with a minute-long round of applause for its co-organiser Emma Hardy, who was… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y News Al-Madinah free school rebrands, but can’t shake financial troubles A Derby free school trust labelled “chaotic and dysfunctional” has now rebranded, but is still dealing with the financial… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News DfE orders fire safety checks to identify schools ‘at risk’ after Grenfell blaze The government has instructed councils and academy trusts to carry out fire safety checks on school buildings to identify… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Spielman says inspectors will look ‘more closely’ at schools’ curriculums The curriculum has been lost “as a needle in a haystack” within Ofsted inspections despite being the “real meat”… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Trust’s shorter summer holiday policy causes rise in term-time absence An academy trust has abandoned the experimental holiday calendar it introduced to alleviate cost pressures and reduce term-time absences,… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Teachers’ bravery praised as schools unite after Grenfell trauma The “guts and bravery” of school leaders have been hailed in the aftermath of the Grenfell blaze, as neighbouring… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Exclusive Private religious schools flout equality laws – but remain open Religious private schools that have repeatedly failed their legal equality duties have nevertheless been allowed to remain open –… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y Newer 1 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 1,017 Older