News Ofsted call for school-based nursery provision reveals ‘panic’ over places, claims expert Ofsted’s renewed call for more places in school-based early years provision is a sign the watchdog is “panicking” over… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Education committee members who went to private school At least three of the 11 members of the new education select committee attended fee-paying schools, broadly reflecting the… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Education Bill 2015: The week in review As the education and adoption bill crawls its way through the committee stage, Schools Week senior reporter Freddie Whittaker… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Ofsted brands Perry Beeches III free school ‘inadequate’ A free school in Birmingham has been dubbed inadequate and placed into special measures by Ofsted, just weeks after… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Wakefield academy trust praised in Ofsted’s third focused inspection report An academy trust has been praised by Ofsted for “making a positive difference” for pupils. Wakefield City Academies Trust… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Free schools have three times more unqualified teachers than maintained schools Free schools have triple the number of unqualified teachers in their classrooms compared to local authority-maintained schools. A total of… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Education bill: What has happened so far? The government must have the power to warn schools about performance and safety standards because “obstructive” councils “block the… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Harpenden free school drops ‘free’ from its name A primary school is taking the words “free school” out of its name to disassociate itself from politicisation of… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News School budgets: It’s staff that will have to be cut next The Conservative manifesto pledged to maintain per pupil funding across the lifetime of the next government. Given that other… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Early GCSE schools must teach ‘unaccredited content’ Schools that begin teaching pupils their GCSEs in year 9, as part of a three-year course, are faced with… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Head pleads with DfE to change its mind on legacy GCSEs The government’s decision not to count 17 “legacy” GCSEs in the 2018 performance tables will have a potentially catastrophic… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Over-50s are fleeing from the classroom More than 10,000 teachers in their fifties have dropped out of the classroom in the past four years amid… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y Newer 1 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 975 Older