News Purdah puts brakes on help for failing schools Failing schools will have to meet a “public interest test” before getting government help when purdah kicks in next… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Low pupil numbers force Oasis to close academy The sponsors of Oasis Academy Hextable in Kent say their plans to shut the school because of low pupil… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Mental illness and schools: No data collected on children since 2004 hampers planning In a five-part series, Schools Week is exploring the way vulnerable groups of learners have been treated under the… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Mother told to keep her autistic son at home during inspection A secondary school in Wiltshire that allegedly asked the mother of an autistic pupil to keep her son at… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News UCAS to include EU universities Students won’t see a profusion of EU universities appearing on the UCAS university application database this year, despite being… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Teacher wins battle to publish observation notes A teacher has successfully published Ofsted’s observation notes of a lesson following a lengthy battle between the inspectorate, the… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Cleverest classrooms have neutral walls with just a ‘splash of colour’ Paint your classroom walls taupe, grey or white with just a “splash of occasional colour” and learning will improve,… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News New reports call for moral values to be put at the heart of education Teachers need more help to stop moral character being squeezed out of children’s education, reports have suggested. Two new… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News How to use TAs more effectively School leaders are being urged to review the roles of teaching assistants (TAs) to ensure they are not being… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Exclusive: ‘God designed the solar system,’ says worksheet Durham Free School: homework was ‘isolated incident’ Morgan announces on Wednesday that school will close Durham Free School will… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News Coalition schools eat up extra portion of free school meals cash The Department for Education has defended its decision to give almost three-quarters of an additional £16.3 million for universal… Nicky Phillips 10y Nicky Phillips 10y News School leaders back compulsory sex education as bill heads for second reading More than nine in ten school leaders agree that sex and relationships education (SRE) should start in primary school… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y Newer 1 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 970 Older