News Councils charge £6k ‘penalty fee’ to schools for academy conversion Hundreds of schools across the country are facing a penalty, payable to their local council, if they choose to… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Pupils increase coffee intakes as Costa closes school sites Adults rushing to work with a coffee have been joined by teenagers turning up at school with a cup… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News GCSE pass rate could drop 23% under new reforms The proportion of pupils achieving a “good pass” in their GCSEs could fall by almost a quarter under the new… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News ‘Complexities’ hold up Durand Education Trust investigation An investigation into management at the Durand Education Trust is still ongoing, the charities watchdog has admitted. The Charity Commission… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Gove was ‘despised’, says Nicky Morgan’s new mental health tsar Michael Gove was a “despised” and “divisive” education secretary who refused to acknowledge the link between mental health and… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News ICT teachers struggling with transition to computing Teachers are struggling to deliver the computing curriculum, says the chief of the professional body chosen by the government… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Department for Education boss Chris Wormald to move to health job after four years in post The Department for Education’s head civil servant Chris Wormald is to leave his role later this year after four years in… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Writing assessments for 11-year-olds brought forward to end of May Primary school teachers must hand in their final assessments of year 6 pupils a month early, piling on the… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News School efficiency tool criticised as ‘dodgy’ metric A new government tool allowing schools to compare their efficiency could be used to “beat schools around the head”,… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Government spends £3m in scramble to get 400 ‘master’ computing teachers Ministers are unlikely to fulfil a pledge to provide 400 master teachers to lead the computing curriculum revolution for… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Government withholds report on financial viability of infant free schools meals The government is suppressing the publication of a report on the financial viability of providing free school meals to… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News Rising class sizes are increasing pressures on teachers, unions warn Increasing numbers of large classes will put more pressure on teachers and schools, teaching unions have warned. The Association… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Newer 1 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 977 Older
