News The 7 schools doing REALLY well on Progress 8 High-quality homework and tireless teachers are behind the soaring success of outlier schools leading the way in new Progress… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Academy sponsors owe £13m in pledged funding Nearly £13 million in pledged capital funding is still owed to the government by eight academy sponsors, with two… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News DfE refuses to release pupil nationality data agreement The government has refused to release a new agreement that prevents the Department for Education from passing pupil nationality… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Exclusive David Carter: The weakest academies will be supported not ‘shamed’ The country’s 100 weakest academies will be singled out for increased government scrutiny from January as the schools commissioner… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Greening wants trainee teachers to experience more school placements School Direct teacher training “needs to be longer” if trainees are to get the experience across different schools that… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News Charity Commission finally publishes Durand investigation The contract between a firm owned by Sir Greg Martin and the leisure centre linked to the school he… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News EEF hands out £1m for second pilot of controversial philosophy programme A philosophy programme that claims to improve reading and maths skills for pupils as young as nine has been… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive PE and RE teachers are least effective superheads, new study reveals Heads who taught PE or RE before leading failing academies are more likely to adopt a damaging “short-termist” approach… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News More pupils achieve ‘good development’, and 6 other findings from reception assessment data The percentage of five-year-olds reaching a “good level of development” at the end of reception has increased, according to… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Government u-turns on year 7 resit manifesto pledge The government has u-turned on a manifesto pledge that all children who do not achieve a level 4 in… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Justine Greening announces primary assessment changes Justine Greening has just announced a series of changes to primary assessment in a statement to Parliament. Here is… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Exclusive Sir David Carter: Claim that trusts failed because they grew too quickly is a “myth” The national schools commissioner has claimed the idea early academy sponsors failed because they grew too quickly is “a… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y Newer 1 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 1,015 Older