News E-ACT academy chain abolishes local governing bodies The national body for governors has welcomed an academy chain’s decision to make public its plans to scrap local… John Dickens 10y John Dickens 10y News Teach First ‘career changer’ advert pits office job grind against classroom joy Teach First has launched its first national recruitment programme aimed at professionals in office jobs with an advert and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Wilshaw: ‘Confused and inconsistent’ oversight will see government ‘struggle to embed’ school reforms The government will “struggle to embed” reforms aimed at improving attainment if school oversight continues to be “confused and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 1,001 Older
