News Exclusive RSC Vicky Beer resigns to head new academy trust Vicky Beer, regional schools commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire, is stepping down after less than a year and… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Robots should replace school receptionists, claims think tank Robots should replace hundreds of workers at the Department for Education, a think tank has suggested, claiming the government… Laura McInerney 9y Laura McInerney 9y News Schools call on MPs to fight ‘grossly unfair’ Progress 8 School leaders want MPs to fight the government’s “grossly unfair and discriminatory” Progress 8 measure that will award three… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive Department for Education indefinitely delays move to new offices The Department for Education’s plan to save £19 million a year by moving offices has been indefinitely postponed, Schools… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News More multi-academy trusts naming their own feeder primaries Multi-academy leaders are more frequently naming primary schools within their trust as feeder schools for their secondaries, despite little… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Top DfE civil servant blames poor communication for an accounting blunder The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted that better communication could have solved an administrative error that… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News ‘Great teaching is the opposite of what you learn in training’ The Department for Education’s former teacher in residence has claimed excellent teaching is the “direct opposite” of what he… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Two-year visa migrant teachers ease recruitment crisis Schools are increasingly opting to employ migrant teachers on strict two year-only visas. The government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive School tells staff to switch off ‘non-essential’ lights to save money A school has told staff to “switch off non-essential” lights – even when pupils are in school – to… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Exclusive ‘Superhead’ Jo Shuter has teaching ban overturned A superhead who was banned from teaching for life over her expenses can now return to the classroom after… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Exclusive Auditors flag increase in financially ‘unviable’ academy trusts Auditors are increasingly raising the alarm about academy trusts at risk of running out of money, with chains raiding… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Roll pupil premium into national funding formula, say experts Key architects of the government’s new national funding formula have suggested the pupil premium could be rolled into core… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y Newer 1 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 1,002 Older
