News Queen’s Speech: New bill confirms plan to target underperforming and unviable councils Plans to “move towards” a fully-academised school system by targeting areas where councils are underperforming or unviable have been… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Queen’s Speech: Law change will make schools responsible for excluded pupils Schools will remain accountable for the education of excluded pupils and be held responsible for finding them alternative provision… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Queen’s Speech: Schools will be forced to promote National Citizen Service Secondary schools will be forced to promote the National Citizen Service under new legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech. A… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News What should schools expect from the Queen’s Speech? The state opening of Parliament will begin at 11.30am, with the Queen using her annual speech to announce upcoming… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Durham Council follows academy chains in teaching assistant restructures A council will terminate the contracts of 2,700 teaching assistants and offer them lower pay deals, following soon after… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News OCR drops MFL exams, but other boards vow to keep developing unaccredited subjects Exam boards have today reaffirmed their commitment to delivering reformed GCSEs and A-levels yet to be approved by Ofqual… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Speed read: mental health in schools – IPPR report Ofsted should inspect schools’ mental health provision more frequently, says a report published today by a leading policy think… Schools Week Reporter 10y Schools Week Reporter 10y News Planned university fees rise will hit poorest pupils the hardest Plans to allow universities to increase tuition fees will affect the “poorest” pupils, it has been claimed as the… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Julie Swan appointed as new Ofqual director for general qualifications Ofqual has announced Julie Swan as its new executive director for general qualifications. She will take up the position… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Home education law weaknesses ‘exploited’ by illegal schools, Wilshaw warns Weaknesses in current legislation on home-schooling are being exploited by illegal schools, which may be putting children at “significant… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Humanists launch whistleblowing site for faith school pupils A new whistleblowing website opens today to allow pupils to report issues at faith schools. The Faith Schoolers Anonymous… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Academies and sponsors – who’s being approved (Feb 2016) The government has released the decisions made by headteacher boards between January 16 and February 15. The boards are… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 1,012 Older
