News Education Bill 2015: The week in review As the education and adoption bill crawls its way through the committee stage, Schools Week senior reporter Freddie Whittaker… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Ofsted brands Perry Beeches III free school ‘inadequate’ A free school in Birmingham has been dubbed inadequate and placed into special measures by Ofsted, just weeks after… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Wakefield academy trust praised in Ofsted’s third focused inspection report An academy trust has been praised by Ofsted for “making a positive difference” for pupils. Wakefield City Academies Trust… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Free schools have three times more unqualified teachers than maintained schools Free schools have triple the number of unqualified teachers in their classrooms compared to local authority-maintained schools. A total of… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Education bill: What has happened so far? The government must have the power to warn schools about performance and safety standards because “obstructive” councils “block the… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Harpenden free school drops ‘free’ from its name A primary school is taking the words “free school” out of its name to disassociate itself from politicisation of… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News School budgets: It’s staff that will have to be cut next The Conservative manifesto pledged to maintain per pupil funding across the lifetime of the next government. Given that other… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Early GCSE schools must teach ‘unaccredited content’ Schools that begin teaching pupils their GCSEs in year 9, as part of a three-year course, are faced with… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Head pleads with DfE to change its mind on legacy GCSEs The government’s decision not to count 17 “legacy” GCSEs in the 2018 performance tables will have a potentially catastrophic… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Over-50s are fleeing from the classroom More than 10,000 teachers in their fifties have dropped out of the classroom in the past four years amid… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Charity steps in to provide school uniforms A charity is planning to buy school uniforms for 55,000 children after Manchester City Council’s grant for school uniforms… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Gibb denies ‘hierarchy’ of schools Schools minister Nick Gibb has finally acknowledged good schools across the maintained sector in England, even name-checking some of… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y Newer 1 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 1,033 Older
