News Wilshaw: Remove independent school tax breaks if they don’t sponsor academies Independent schools should lose their tax benefits if they don’t sponsor academies, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said. The Ofsted… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News ‘Bewildering’ school choice is marginalising weaker parents, academy boss warns A “bewildering” level of choice in England’s education system is marginalising “weaker” parents, the boss of a prominent academy trust… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News DfE chief defends department’s gender pay gap A top civil servant has defended his department’s record on gender equality after it was revealed women staff earnt… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Experienced teachers more likely to choose schools with wealthy pupils over deprived ones Experienced teachers are more likely to grace the classrooms of schools with advantaged pupils, leaving more deprived schools with… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Sally Collier named as Ofqual’s new chief regulator The Department for Education has announced the preferred candidate to take over as Ofqual’s chief regulator. Education secretary Nicky… Sophie Scott 9y Sophie Scott 9y News SPEED-READ: Our 6-point guide to the National Funding Formula consultation Education secretary Nicky Morgan has launched the first of two consultations that will shape an “historic” national funding formula…. Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Schools urged to publish salary gap to wipe out gender bias Schools are being urged to pledge to eradicate gender bias and support more women into headship – including by… John Dickens 9y John Dickens 9y News Value for money of teacher training schemes questioned by MPs Concerns about the value for money of government initiatives to recruit teachers have been aired by MPs. The Public… Sophie Scott 9y Sophie Scott 9y News UTCs should be in multi-academy trusts to make them ‘stronger’, minister Nick Boles claims University Technical Colleges (UTCs) should function as part of multi-academy trusts to make them “stronger”, education minister Nick Boles… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 300 schools sit national reference tests More than 14,000 year 11 pupils will sit pilot tests for the national reference tests (NRTs) from Monday. Ofqual… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News DfE fails to clawback cash from academy chains with zero schools Only a handful of the academy trusts paid at least £850,000 to take over new schools paid back any… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Nicky Morgan launches consultation on national fair funding formula for schools School funding will be delivered via a national funding formula from 2017, the terms of which will be established… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Newer 1 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 970 Older
