News Ethnic minority students do better in sponsored academies Black and Chinese pupils at sponsored academies were hit less hard by a dip in GCSE pass rates last… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News NAO report says universal credit change likely to affect pupil premium A move in 2016 to the new universal credit system for unifying benefits may make it more difficult to… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News GCSE science ‘clangers’ get through to final document The final version of the new GCSE combined science subject content published this week still has mistakes highlighted by… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Delayed free schools eat up nearly £12m More than 50 free schools have postponed opening in the past two years amid concerns that some would not… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Morgan’s husband sits on three governing bodies The education secretary reassured governors that she knows how important they are – revealing that it’s something her husband… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Regional breakdown of coasting schools: Will RSCs be able to cope? A fifth of secondary schools in two regional school commissioner (RSC) areas would be classed as coasting under current… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Power over ‘coasting’ schools is not a conflict of interest, says RSC A regional schools commissioner (RSC) has brushed aside any possible conflict of interest after being given new powers to… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Art staff ‘filled with dread’ at teaching outside specialism Art teachers are experiencing “fear and panic” as they are forced to teach subjects in secondary schools that they… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Phonics check finds little improvement in literary performance The government’s view that the systematic teaching of phonics is crucial to reading success has been dealt a blow… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Morgan looks again at axing requirements for parent and staff governors The national body for governors has questioned plans announced this week by the education secretary to look into axing… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News School changes pupils’ GCSEs mid-course and blames Progress 8 compliance Work experience cut and pupils’ GCSEs changed mid-course to be league table ‘compliant’ A Cambridgeshire school has cancelled a… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Secondary moderns hit hard by coasting school definition Secondary schools in areas where the brightest pupils are selected for grammar schools will be more likely to be… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 969 Older