News Children’s commissioner launches ‘growing up north’ — a project to collect data on the northern education gap The children’s commissioner Anne Longfield will lead a project aimed at addressing educational inequality in the north of England… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Promote British values and register home-schooled pupils, Casey review recommends A landmark report which was supposed to provide a ‘major review’ of the impact of migration on schools has made… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Ofsted sticks school in special measures, criticising ‘messy’ talks over academy status A school whose academy conversion hit the buffers over its controversial PFI deal has been put in special measures…. John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y News Schools struggle with rise in special provision requests The Exams Officers’ Association (EOA) is pushing for a consultation with Ofqual to review exam access for students with… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Teachers ‘need more incentives’ to become examiners An awards scheme for examiners should be created to entice more teachers to take on the “unattractive” job, a… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News GCSE English and maths requirement blamed for ‘cliff-edge drop’ in early years recruitment The low number of pupils achieving a GCSE in English and maths has been blamed for a recruitment crisis… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Isles of Scilly’s only secondary school placed in special measures – what now? The only secondary school on the Isles of Scilly has been placed in special measures and told an academy… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Government spent £205k on doomed National Teaching Service The government spent £205,000 on its doomed National Teaching Service project before the pilot was even launched, Schools Week can exclusively reveal…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Carter: £140m funding pot shows shift from ‘mass conversion to mass improvement’ Sir David Carter, the national schools commissioner, has said the new £140 million strategic school improvement fund proves the government’s… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News The tick-box route to QTS: four hours’ assessment and no training The number of teachers gaining qualified status (QTS) through an “assessment-only” route – involving about four hours of lesson… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News 20% of black pupils attend Catholic schools – does that mean there’s diversity? Pupils in Catholic schools are the “most ethnically diverse in the country”, proving that a religious ethos is “not… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Exclusive Empty free schools owe government £11m The government needs to claw back £11 million from more than 100 free schools after they failed to recruit… John Dickens 8y John Dickens 8y Newer 1 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 971 Older
