News

Labour will deny schools ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating if they fail on ‘creative and cultural’ curriculum

Schools will miss out on ‘outstanding’ Ofsted ratings if they fail to offer creative subjects and cultural opportunities under…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Labour pledges business leaders to help improve ‘slipping’ head teacher standards

Headteachers will benefit from business leader partnerships and a new ‘gold standard’ qualification – under new Labour plans to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Firbeck Academy and SPTA’s Don Valley Academy warned over falling results

The Department for Education today released ‘pre-warning termination notices’ given to two schools – and lifted a prior financial…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Local authority to outsource all services – including schools

Education services at a county council are set to be taken over by a ‘specialist social enterprise’ as part…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Diocese hands fraud-hit school to new academy sponsor

A crisis-hit academy that lost £1.2m after being targeted by a “sophisticated fraud” has found a new sponsor. Leadership…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Durand Education Trust to be investigated by the Charity Commission

Durand Education Trust (DET) is facing new scrutiny after the Charity Commission announced today it is to open a…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott


News

David Cameron “strongly” backs grammar school expansions

The prime minister has given his strongest backing yet for the expansion of grammar schools. Speaking at an event…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Ofsted warns that 2,500 children are still getting inadequate education in Blackpool

Attempts to tackle underperformance in Blackpool schools have been criticised with more than 2,500 children now getting an inadequate…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

MPs call for compulsory sex and relationship education in all schools

Sex and relationships education should be compulsory in all schools, says a report published today by the education select…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

PUPIL PREMIUM: four ways to use the funding

A total of 140 secondary schools were last week named as key stage 4 finalists in the Pupil Premium…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
News

Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust issued with Financial Notice to Improve following EFA investigation

The troubled Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust (CHAT)  in north London has been served a financial notice to improve following…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Solution? You haven’t got one, say unions

Teaching union leaders, teachers and politicians have lambasted Nick Clegg and Nicky Morgan’s solution to reduce teachers’ workload When…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips