News The 6 secrets of school turnarounds as revealed by study of 160 academies What does the British Olympic boxing team and a successful academy have in common? Researchers have found that high… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Excluded pupils will still count in school’s results The practice of academies that exclude pupils to skew their results and claim “rapid improvements” is set to be… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Headteacher promises ‘non-corporate’ academy chain if forced to convert A York headteacher is promising parents his school will not become a “corporate” operation if forced to become an… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Peer-review journal planned The Department for Education is set to fund a new peer-reviewed British education journal – and to open up… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News ‘Achieving Excellence Areas’ to receive targeted support Areas of England with low standards for learners and poor capacity to improve are to be targeted for extra… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Parenting skills least important for school governors, survey finds Fewer than one in ten governors say parenting skills are important for membership of a governing body, a new… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News NASUWT conference: Recruitment, workload, marking and inspection on the agenda Teacher recruitment and retention, workload, marking and inspection will be among the key issues up for debate when the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Parent petitions could lead to firing of academy leaders Parents could spark a change of academy trust under proposals in the white paper that give them the right… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News New teachers able to qualify in ‘six months’ New teachers could be fully accredited within a few months if the government follows through its plan to scrap… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Focus on improvement not on becoming academy, Ofsted warns school A school has been told by Ofsted that it is “too focused” on becoming an academy – resulting in… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Pupils will get two chances to resit legacy GCSEs, Ofqual announces Ofqual has announced today that pupils who miss out on a C grade in English or maths GCSE this summer… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News ‘Gaming’ row flares up again over PiXL Club’s advice for schools to use three-day ICT ‘GCSE’ A row over the use of a controversial fast-track ICT qualification that can be taught in just three days… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y Newer 1 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 1,017 Older
