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 News School fines pupils for lateness A school’s plan to fine parents if their children are consistently late for registration will not solve the problem,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Human rights charity warns headteachers over pupil nationality data collection The human rights charity Liberty will write to every headteacher in England to demand better information for parents over… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Regional schools commissioner Jennifer Bexon-Smith to retire Jennifer Bexon-Smith, regional schools commissioner for the East Midlands and the Humber, will retire in March after just over… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Flexible hours demand scuppers Return to Teaching pilot One of the largest lead schools in the government’s “returner teachers” pilot says demands for flexible working scuppered the… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Greening warned tinkering could cause funding formula to “come crashing down” Justine Greening has been warned that tinkering with the proposed national funding formula to appease senior politicians pressing for… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Exclusive Flooded schools need millions to relocate Schools repeatedly damaged by flooding are mounting multi-million pound bids to move to new sites. The Department for Education… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Headteacher performance not linked to subject background, new analysis claims A new analysis has found a headteacher’s performance is not linked to their subject background – challenging previous research… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 977 Older
