News Low ratings for grammar-sponsored academies Half of academies sponsored by grammar schools are rated as requiring improvement or inadequate, casting doubt on the effectiveness… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Heads leave large multi-academy trusts faster than other school types Falling retenion rates mean one in ten secondary headteachers now leave their roles every year, a new analysis has… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Private school fees rise again, and 3 more ISC census findings The Independent Schools Council has today published its annual census. Schools Week has the key findings: 1. Private school… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Justine Greening pulls out of NAHT conference Justine Greening will not address the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers this weekend after her… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Heads back CofE call to ban parents withdrawing children from RE Headteachers have backed Church of England plans to ban parents from withdrawing their pupils from religious education, claiming it… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Open new selective schools in MATs only, urges Carmichael New selective schools should only be allowed within multi-academy trusts so that youngsters can “move around” between vocational and… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Replace bursaries with ‘forgivable fees’ to boost teacher numbers, report claims Teacher training bursaries should be scrapped in place of “forgivable” tuition fees for teaching graduates who stick in the… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Funding system for new schools ‘increasingly incoherent’, say MPs Funding for new schools is delivered through an “increasingly incoherent” system, with the government frequently paying “over the odds” for sites… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Labour pledges to bring back EMA with corporation tax hike Labour will raise corporation tax to fund the re-introduction of the education maintenance allowance, the party has revealed today…. Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News £100k per council would abolish holiday hunger, MPs claim A cross-parliamentary group of MPs have said handing every local authority just over £100,000 a year would end holiday… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Corbyn 4-day bank holiday pledge ‘includes teachers’ A pledge by Jeremy Corbyn to give workers an additional four national holidays per year will reduce the school… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News DfE to underwrite salary for free school ‘heads in waiting’ – and could even employ them in department The Department for Education has published a pledge to support the founding of new free schools by underwriting the… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y Newer 1 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 1,011 Older