News Investigation: How have poorer pupils performed in GCSEs at flagship schools? Flagship school types promoted by the government are falling behind in boosting the progress of poorer pupils, a Schools… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Progress 8 results 2016: Gibb hails schools for narrowing attainment gap Schools minister Nick Gibb has praised schools for closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, as… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News 1 in 5 sixth form colleges starts academy conversion process A fifth of sixth form colleges have already sent formal proposals to convert to academy status, the academies minister… Laura McInerney 9y Laura McInerney 9y News Greening’s £3.5m research hub fund open to ‘opportunity area’ schools Schools in England’s 12 new opportunity areas will be able to bid to become ‘research schools’ and split a… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Consider scrapping KS2 teacher-marked writing tests, says Ofsted director The government should consider scrapping teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, a senior Ofsted official has said…. Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Schools put in special measures at ‘top-performing’ WCAT A “top-performing” trust handed extra government cash to takeover failing schools must now focus on transforming two of its… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News College of Teaching officially opens its doors for members The Chartered College of Teaching has today officially opened its doors for new members to join. The college, headed… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Schools in six more areas to get ‘opportunity’ funding The government will extend its ‘opportunity areas’ programme to fund schools and councils in six more places – claiming it will… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Ormiston chief Toby Salt takes top role at exam board AQA An academy trust chief executive will resign from the role to take up the top job at exam board… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y 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 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y 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 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y 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 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y Newer 1 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 1,002 Older
