News Kendall challenged over ‘comfortable rhetoric’ on aspiration after business and union school visits pledge Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall has been challenged over her “comfortable rhetoric” on aspiration and pledges to encourage business… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News UTCs take eight spaces in list of 50 worst for absence Eight University Technical Colleges (UTCs) have been listed among England’s worst providers for overall absence. The Department for Education… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Labour leadership hopeful Kendall to announce plans to send businesses and trade unionists into schools Businesses, community activists and union members could be sent into schools to promote how education can “transform children’s lives”… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Number of teacher training applicants continues to drop, UCAS figures show The number of applicants for teacher training courses has continued to fall with new figures showing a drop of… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Cambridge on track to meet state school admissions target after 1.3 per cent rise The University of Cambridge looks set to meet its target for admissions of state school and college pupils after figures from… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Who are the Regional Schools Commissioners and why do they matter? The Queen’s Speech revealed plans to extend the powers of the Regional Schools Commissioners. But who are they? Eight… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Government to rewrite academy rules after staff member halts school conversion The Government has been forced to stop the academy conversion of a school after opposition from a single staff member. It will now… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Plans to force academisation of ‘coasting’ schools set out in Queen’s Speech Her Majesty The Queen has today set out plans to force “coasting” schools to become academies. A new education… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Queen’s Speech Live: What’s in it for schools and teachers? Reporter Freddie Whittaker is on hand to bring you live updates from the official state opening of Parliament and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News What should schools and teachers expect from the Queen’s Speech? To many outsiders, the Queen’s Speech may look like a lot of pomp and circumstance and not much else,… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Doomed Black Country UTC failed to promote vocational options, inspectors find The damning Ofsted report cited as one of the reasons behind the closure of one of the flagship University Technical… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Nicky Morgan lauds free schools as “modern engines of social justice” as next application window opens Education secretary Nicky Morgan has hailed free schools for “breaking the cycle of disadvantage” as the latest window for… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y Newer 1 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 994 Older