News School dodges closure by converting to academy A middle school has dodged closure after gaining an academy conversion order from its regional schools commissioner (RSC) –… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News ECDL lifts GCSE grades, but Ofqual uneasy A new study has revealed pupils taking the controversial European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) qualification on average score the… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Three-day course lifts pupil scores A new study has revealed pupils taking the controversial European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) qualification on average score the… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Mystery of the missing expert reports Expert reports commissioned in the run-up to the last general election are still nowhere to be seen – despite… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Morgan U-turn: New plan puts schools in Labour areas at greatest risk of forced academisation Councils potentially at risk of being branded as failing and having all their schools converted into academies – under… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Government u-turns on forced academisation plan The government has abandoned plans to force all schools to become academies, the government has confirmed. This is a u-turn on proposals… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Disqualification by association rules for schools face axe Controversial safeguarding rules which caused teachers to be unnecessarily suspended from work could be scrapped, the government has announced. The… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Oldham College pulls out of academy sponsorship A college has severed its ties with two academies because it says it is no longer “feasible” to sponsor… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Headteachers expose government school funding claim Headteachers are taking to Twitter as part of a campaign to expose as false the government’s claim that school… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Conservative councillors promise grammar expansions if elected Several local authorities bordering an area with selective schools have said they would welcome grammar “annexes” in their areas,… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News New national scheme will place ‘interns’ in classrooms Unions fear that a national scheme to place teaching interns into classrooms will be used as a cost-cutting device…. Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Academy trust makes support staff across 21 schools reapply for jobs An academy trust has told more than 100 staff across its schools they face losing or having to reapply… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y Newer 1 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 977 Older
