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 News Schools ban watches to outsmart exam cheats Teachers should be on high alert for technology-aided cheating during this summer’s exams after a scam involving cameras and… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Government confirm £300m available for academy conversion – the rest will go to existing trusts Half of the £600 million earmarked to support the conversion of schools into academies will be handed to existing… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Head denies creating a ‘technical academy’ is a form of streaming An all-through trust that will give pupils a “choice” between two schools offering a different “type of teaching” once… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Schools at risk of losing premises after charity defaults Two schools have been put at “significant risk” of losing their shared building and playing fields after the charity… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Government plans ‘super SCITT’ for MFL teacher training crisis A “super” school-led scheme to train language teachers is the latest government plan to ease staff shortages. Schools Week… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Two new expert groups will review MFL and primary schools The government has commissioned two more expert review groups, despite its delay in publishing a number of other reports…. Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Do research champions and sports coaches in maths make pupils smarter? – the latest EEF findings Evaluations of two research projects looking at sports coaching in English and speech therapy training for teachers, costing £1.1… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y Newer 1 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 1,015 Older
