News Labour demands credit for controversial UTCs The jury may be out on the success of the university technical college programme, but despite its ongoing financial… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Exam entries: AS-levels hold own despite reform, iGCSEs keep rising and finally some good EBacc news Provisional figures for summer exam entries have been released today by qualifications watchdog Ofqual. In usual Schools Week-style, we’ve… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Weald of Kent grammar school “flouted” consultation rules over expansion bid Nicky Morgan’s decision to allow a controversial grammar school expansion on a site nine miles away has again been… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Pace of maths GCSE reforms has led to 7-day working, subject leaders warn New maths GCSEs are being introduced too quickly and are risking a “mess”, subject leaders today warned as one… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News REACH academy chain creates third arm to sponsor 15 schools An academy chain has been given government permission to set up a third trust to sponsor 15 schools in… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Schools careers benchmarks are not accountability measure Eight “benchmarks” for careers advice will form part of new statutory guidance for schools, but the academic behind them… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Financial warning for second UTC Buckinghamshire’s university technical college has become the second of the institutions to be warned recently about its finances after… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Academy expansions – who’s been approved (Feb 2016) Regional schools commissioners have approved nearly 20 applications for academies to up their pupil numbers or expand their age… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Call for more school funding to help northern schools Teach First and IPPR North are calling on policy makers to use reform of the schools funding formula to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Alternative provision academy to offer International Baccalaureate A new post-16 academy will become the first alternative provision (AP) school in the country to offer the International… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Regional Schools Commissioner Pank Patel steps down to become academy head Pank Patel, Regional Schools Commissioner for the West Midlands, is stepping down from his post to take up leadership… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Changes to UCAS data rules cause problems for Russell Group uni A Russell group university has been blocked from accessing confidential pupil information from the government after it claimed it… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 1,012 Older