News Andy Burnham pledges return of academies to local authority oversight In his manifesto, Labour leadership contender and shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged “a future with hope for all… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Ofqual: Exam boards on track to meet marking deadlines Ofqual chief Glenys Stacey has reassured schools that exam boards are on course to meet their publishing deadlines –… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Inspiration Trust agrees to land restrictions as part of Hewett School takeover The Inspiration Trust has been named as the new sponsor of Hewett School, with a legal agreement preventing it from… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Surge in entry to ‘traditional subjects’ as schools sign up to Ebacc More pupils are being entered into ‘traditional’ subjects such as maths and science in response to the Ebacc, Ofqual… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Lord Nash’s former investment firm closes in on £18.4m takeover of teacher recruitment agency Synarbor An investment firm set up by education minister Lord Nash is close to securing the £18.4m takeover of a… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust cleared over inaccurate SATs allegations Cuckoo Hall Academies Trust has been cleared over allegations of inaccuracies in its SATs results, but remains under review… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Funding for school dinner schemes scrapped just months after hundreds of schools sign up Hundreds of schools that signed up to schemes aimed at transforming their school dinners are having their support axed… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Exclusive: Secondary sponsored academies four times more likely to remain Ofsted inadequate New figures have cast further doubt on the government’s assertion that becoming an academy improves schools – revealing inadequate… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Thousands more primary school pupils excluded after surge in classroom attacks Thousands more primary school pupils are being temporarily excluded for attacking teachers and pupils, new figures have revealed today…. Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News DfE accuses exam board chief of “making excuses for lamentable failure” in marker shortage row A war of words has broken out between an exam board chief and the Department for Education over claims… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Southport MP John Pugh given Lib Dems’ education brief The Liberal Democrats have appointed Southport MP John Pugh as their new education spokesperson. Former religious studies teacher Mr Pugh,… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Nicky Morgan launches working groups to tackle teachers biggest concerns Education secretary Nicky Morgan today announced three working groups to tackle concerns around teachers’ workload. Speaking at the Teach… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 1,033 Older
