News Female teachers in their 30s leave classroom at highest rates Schools have been urged to offer flexible working opportunities, such as “keep in touch days” and cash retainers after… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News PFI FIRMS: The low-key investment firm that owns 260 UK schools One of the largest buyers of equity in schools is a firm called Innisfree, based in central London. It… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News RSCs and councils ask schools for ‘impossible’ primary assessment predictions School leaders are furious that local authorities and regional school commissioners (RSCs) are asking for predicted grades for this… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News INVESTIGATION: Who will pick up the tab for PFI? Schools Week can today reveal how the toxic legacy of costly PFI contracts threatens to derail the government’s promised… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Fair funding formula could be toxic for PFI schools Pledges to create a new England-wide fair funding formula could be derailed unless ministers find a way to fund… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News REVEALED: The true scale of school PFI debts Every state school in England would have to pay more than £1 million each to clear the debt owed… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News ASCL kicks off conference season with survey revealing ‘damaging’ funding cuts The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has launched its annual conference today with a survey revealing “the… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News EXCLUSIVE: DfE £65k teacher salary advert ruled ‘not misleading’ by advert authority The Department for Education (DfE) has been cleared of allegations that its £3 million recruitment advert was misleading for… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Harperbury Free School cancelled despite £1.9m spend A proposed free school has been cancelled three years after it was given the go-ahead because the planned site… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News National funding formula speculation ‘irresponsible’ says DfE as director laments consultation delay Speculation that the release of proposals for a national funding formula could be postponed until after May’s London mayoral… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Da Vinci studio schools to close Two studio schools will pass on responsibility for post-16 provision to North Hertfordshire College (NHC) when they close next… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Lessons in puberty come too late for many youngsters, report finds One in four girls are starting their periods without having been taught about puberty at school, a report released… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y Newer 1 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 1,001 Older