News Educational Excellence Everywhere: Schools White Paper reveals QTS plans Qualified teacher status (QTS) will be replaced with a “stronger accreditation”, in new proposals from the government. Education secretary… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Schools set for another hike in pension contributions The chancellor George Osborne announced yesterday an additional £2 billion of savings will have to be made from public… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News, Opinion What Is An Academy? (And other questions about converting schools) The government has announced it wants all schools to become academies by 2022. But what are they? Editor Laura… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Budget 2016: The 5 things schools need to know Education was identified as a key priority area for George Osborne in his budget today. Here are his five… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News New sponsor found for academy after CfBT Schools Trust walked away A school left without a sponsor after an academy chain announced plans to walk away because it could not… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Budget 2016: Longer day for quarter of secondary schools, says George Osborne At least a quarter of secondary schools will be given funds to run a longer day, Chancellor George Osborne… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Legislation to convert all schools to academies could be published within days Legislation to enable the conversion of every school in England into an academy could be published within days, Schools Week understands…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News David Cameron announces £14 million for another school mentoring programme The government has announced plans to spend £14 million on a mentoring programme for struggling teenagers just weeks after… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Multi-academy trusts under spotlight as MPs launch inquiry The performance, accountability and governance of multi-academy trusts (MATs) will be examined by MPs, education select committee chair Neil… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News DfE needs to spend £20m to resolve academy land confusion Department for Education chiefs have no idea how many academy sites belong to the government and have said it… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Putting UTCs into academy chains is ‘troubling’ claims union chief Plans to encourage university technical colleges (UTCs) to join multi-academy trusts (MATs) risk giving academy chains a loophole in… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News ‘I’m no puppet’ insists new national schools commissioner Sir David Carter England’s new schools commissioner Sir David Carter has insisted he is not Nicky Morgan’s puppet and that he has… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 1,017 Older