News Head made £40,000 ‘irregular’ payments, says EFA A headteacher took more than £700 worth of alcohol from his school and made almost £40,000 of “irregular” payments… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Cameron needs to rethink maths and science plan Plans to train an extra 17,500 maths and physics teachers at a cost of £67 million have been met… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Alliance wants to redistribute pupil premiums Pupil premiums should be redistributed to pupils who are both disadvantaged and have low attainment, suggests a group of… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Hunt: Schools should be free to choose how they do it In the same week that the coalition pushed military ethos projects, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said that he… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Morale leaps as Morgan moves in Morale is bouncing back at the Department for Education following the end of a “particularly unpleasant era” when Michael… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Wilshaw fears for stand-alone academies Ofsted’s chief inspector has criticised a focus on the structure of schools, despite warning that stand-alone academies are at… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News DfE rules on ‘Disqualification by association’ unclear says NAHT The Department for Education needs to issue clearer guidance on who must be barred from working with young children,… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Ministers back college of teaching A proposed college of teaching has been backed by the government in an announcement by ministers Nicky Morgan and… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Authorities on target list left in the dark Authorities on a “target list” for academisation have been unaware that the Department for Education “concentrated its efforts” in… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Morgan sets aside £4.8m for ‘character-building’ Nicky Morgan has revealed details of her plan to promote character in schools, a proposal that she outlined as… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Primary school results improve across all subjects Performance in key stage two SATS has increased across all subjects, newly published figures show. Primary league tables show… Laura McInerney 11y Laura McInerney 11y News DfE agrees to publish regional schools commissioner registers of interests Education ministers have committed to greater transparency around regional schools commissioners, following criticism of them as “unaccountable and opaque”. Responding… Philip Nye 11y Philip Nye 11y Newer 1 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 979 Older