News Exclusive 25% of Cameron’s ‘landmark’ free schools delayed More than a quarter of free schools approved by David Cameron under a “landmark” wave of applications had to… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Academy CEOs could face local council ‘scrutiny boards’ Councils could soon have scrutiny powers over academies similar to those they already have for health bodies as the… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Exclusive Kent private schools ignore 11-plus tutoring ban Independent schools in Kent are openly advertising their success at coaching pupils to pass an 11-plus test, against their… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News £60m opportunity areas may not stop cash shortfalls Schools in Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough and West Somerset will receive extra money and support from the government… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News £30,000 schools grant for workload research Schools can apply to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) for funding to carry out in-house research… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News DfE ‘drags its feet’ on academies report Ministers have been accused of dragging their feet over the publication of a key academies document that will reveal… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Floreat’s financial woes flag small trust concerns Financial difficulties that have forced an academy chain founded by one of the government’s education advisers to consider a… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News What schools need to know about collecting census nationality data Changes to the school census that require the collection of data on pupils’ country of birth and nationality are back on… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Five schools unveiled as regional research hubs Five schools across England will be given a share of £2.5 million to become education research hubs for their… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Theresa May pledges to lift ban on grammar schools The government will lift the ban on opening new grammar schools, the prime minister has announced, pre-empting the outcome of… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Unions consider legal challenge to grammar school ‘get-out clause’ Unions are preparing to challenge the government’s ‘grammar school get-out clause’ over claims that it is not a correct… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Education secretary announces £60m ‘opportunity areas’ The creation of new ‘opportunity areas’ across England will see £60 million spent on school improvement, teacher support and… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y Newer 1 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 971 Older