News Trust chairs should walk before they run, says commissioner People who want to chair the company board of multi-academy trusts should consider taking a more junior position first,… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Dramatic £12 million dip in fees as schools hit exam entrant deadline Schools have saved £12 million in the past academic year by entering more pupils for exams on time, Schools… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Academy trusts: how the big five rate The largest academy trusts have low numbers of schools rated at least good by Ofsted, with most operating more… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Lawyer heads new review on Norfolk inspections Ofsted has appointed an education law expert to review their own investigation into alleged inspection irregularities at three Norfolk… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y News Government launch fairer funding consultation for Special Educational Needs and Disability The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation in a bid to make the distribution of special educational… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Clegg’s ‘revolutionary’ UCAS-style post-16 service already exists claims UCAS The deputy prime minister has today announced ‘revolutionary’ plans for a post-16 vocational system ‘similar to UCAS’ – although UCAS has said… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Academy oversight failings exposed as Hodge’s PAC prepares to hear evidence The agency in charge of academy funding has been told that it must “get to grips with dubious business… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FEATURED: the new regional schools commissioners Would-be whistleblowers need to know that all avenues to tell their stories are “quite open”, says Pank Patel, the… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Ofsted drops local authority ‘effective’ and ‘ineffective’ judgements Local authorities will no longer be given an overall judgement of their school improvement functions, Ofsted has said in a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News School-based teacher training of more benefit than university route find researchers Schools think they benefit more overall from school-based teacher training than university-based routes, a new survey by the Institute… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Proposed GCSE RE criteria requires students to study two religions but not worldviews Pupils will need to study two religions under new criteria for GCSE religious studies, but non-religious worldviews will not… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Free school sixth-form offer £500 recruitment ‘incentive’ to pupils High-achieving students in Doncaster are being offered £500 in a bid to lure them to a new free school… Billy Camden 11y Billy Camden 11y Newer 1 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 974 Older