News RSC asks school for evidence ‘80% of teaching is good’ and ‘none is inadequate’ A regional schools commissioner has been criticised for requesting an underperforming school to grade its teaching – despite Ofsted… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Regional Schools Commissioner inquiry reveals “inherent” problems The key performance indicators (KPIs) used to keep regional schools commissioners (RSCs) in check have been published “since day… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News BTEC completion rates fall, new Pearson figures reveal The proportion of BTEC First level 2 certificate students not completing their courses has jumped by 73 per cent… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News 600 schools selected for Ofqual’s National Reference Test Letters have been sent to leaders of the 600 schools across the country asked to take part in the… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Catholic schools to shun Islam in new GCSE courses Catholic schools will no longer teach Islam as part of GCSE religious studies, but will be directed to teach… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Majority of schools will go into deficit in next 4 years, headteacher survey reveals Two thirds of school leaders claim they will not be able to balance their books in four years’ time,… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Exclusion guidance cancelled by Nick Gibb still not replaced after 10 months Guidance on pupil exclusions that was withdrawn eight months ago has yet to be updated by the Department for… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Gibb scraps ICT GCSE and A-level after final discussions with competitors The government announced its intention to scrap GCSE and A-level IT qualifications on the 11th page of a consultation… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Government ‘wants to go further’ than £390m on fairer school funding – minister The government wants to go “further” than existing £390m annual “fairer funding” grants for schools following the spending review, Sam Gyimah… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Ten key findings from new research into how well schools are using their pupil premium cash The Department for Education has today published a hefty 146-page research report into the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News New study finds state school pupils do better at university A new study published today has found state school pupils are more likely to do better at university than… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Independent schools struggle with recruitment too – and other lessons from the Future of the Independent School Sector conference This morning more than 100 people from independent, and state, schools gathered to discuss the future of the independent… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y Newer 1 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 976 Older
