News £215 million to adapt building for SEND pupils won’t go to most needy Special needs funding is now being allocated as “a blunt instrument”, with cash handed out based on population growth,… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Exclusive Ofsted drops letters praising ‘exceptional’ heads Ofsted has dropped a commitment to send letters to headteachers doing an “exceptional turnaround job” at other schools after… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Exclusive Pension row delays Bright Tribe free school takeover A long-running squabble over a pension deficit has seriously delayed a major multi-academy trust from taking over a failing… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Exclusive Football club’s free school to close with £500,000 debt A free school set up by Bolton Wanderers Football Club will close later this year owing the government £500,000… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Ofsted announces school curriculum investigation amid gaming ‘scandal’ Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is set to announce a major investigation into whether schools are delivering a broad… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Class sizes pushing 40 as cuts bite, union claims Headteachers are being forced to increase class sizes to cope with funding pressures, with some leaders reporting they are now… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Progress 8 still too similar to old GCSE measure – and 5 other findings from EPI report Progress 8 is only “slightly” better at assessing the performance of schools fairly, and still has flaws that need… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Grammar school taxis could cost £5k a pupil Plans to fund free transport for disadvantaged pupils to grammar schools could leave councils and schools out of pocket,… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Low-attainers at partially selective schools do worse at GCSE, study finds Pupils with low prior attainment at partially selective schools are less likely to achieve good GCSEs than those at… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Budget 2017: The 5 things schools need to know The chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his spring budget in the House of Commons today. Most of the education… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Exclusive More heads consider resigning over funding cuts More experienced headteachers are ready to resign over budget cuts that would “decimate” their schools, it was claimed today…. John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Bolton Wanderers Free School to close A free school set up by Bolton Wanderers Football Club will close at the end of this academic year, less… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 1,016 Older