News The £1m free school (now shut) The failed Durham Free School cost the taxpayer almost £1 million, a Freedom of Information request has shown. The… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Scratch and mix: it’s a new music GCSE Students can show what they know about “scratching” and “turntableism” as one exam board embraces DJ-ing skills as an… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Hunt keeps his shadow cabinet post A mini reshuffle of Labour’s shadow team following the party’s election defeat has not affected its education line-up. Acting… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News SATs nerves stop children eating The National Association for Primary Education is calling on the government for better ways of measuring primary school performance… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News We can predict your Ofsted grade, say data experts A new programme claims to predict the grade a school would score in an Ofsted inspection . . …. Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Your guide to how SEN funding is calculated and allocated The new funding structure for pupils with SEN in mainstream schools is now in place. How does it work? How,… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Councils with ‘failing schools’ held by Labour – Four of five councils labelled “ineffective” by Ofsted remain under Labour control – Anti-academy campaigners suggest system of… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Fund set up to improve learning for English as additional language pupils A two million pound fund has been set up to find the best way of improving learning for pupils… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Convicted criminals want to work in schools, records show Murderers, paedophiles and heroin dealers are among thousands of convicted criminals who have applied to work in classrooms across… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Updated Ofqual list: GCSEs and A-levels that will begin in 2017 Ofqual has today released an update for which qualifications will be reformed from September 2017. The qualifications regulator released an initial… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Ofsted chief and “superheads” on the top 100 list of most influential Catholics Chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw and “superheads” Dame Rachel de Souza and Martin Tissot are included on… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Number of children calling ChildLine about exam stress rises by 200 per cent Calls about exam stress to telephone counselling service ChildLine rose by 200 per cent in the last academic year,… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y Newer 1 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 1,017 Older