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 News Mental health tsar Natasha Devon axed by government The Department for Education (DfE) has axed its mental health tsar as the government brings in a “champion” to… Sophie Scott 9y Sophie Scott 9y News Gibb digs in on primary tests after day of protests The government has refused to change primary tests in response to this week’s unprecedented parent protests, backed by tens… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Government shuns boarding school places for Syrian children More than 80 free places offered to the government by boarding schools to house and educate unaccompanied Syrian refugees… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Lancashire is fourth undersubscribed UTC to close Another of the government’s flagship University Technical Colleges has announced plans to close this summer after reporting a lack of… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News How academy conversion affects primary schools’ performance Sponsor-led primary academies improve substantially after conversion, but there is no evidence that converter academies get any better, reveals… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y News Wilshaw backs government over KS1 SATs Sir Michael Wilshaw has backed the government over controversial changes to key stage 1 SATs which led to thousands… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Children ‘strike’ all over England to boycott SATs Children all over England are being kept off school today, in protest at “a school system that places more importance on test… Schools Week Reporter 9y Schools Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 1,001 Older
