News Assessment Without Levels Commission: Nick Gibb leads hunt for new primary assessment solutions Concerns over new detailed performance descriptors have led the Government to set up a new commission to review how… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Durham Free School funding to be terminated on March 27 Durham Free School will have its funding terminated at the end of this term, the Department for Education (DfE)… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News DfE Character Awards: full list of winners Education secretary Nicky Morgan has announced the 21 schools and six charities receiving £15,000 in recognition of their work… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Syria Schoolgirls: Morgan writes to Principal of Bethnal Green Academy Education secretary Nicky Morgan has offered hopes and prayers for the “safe return” of three girls believed to have… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Design of primary classrooms can boost pupil progress by 16 per cent Learning progress in primary school pupils can be boosted by up to 16 per cent in a single year… Sophie Scott 11y Sophie Scott 11y News Laws announces ‘exceptional’ middle leaders secondment plan “Exceptional” department, subject and year group heads from outstanding schools will be parachuted into challenging schools under plans to… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Replace Ofsted with local inspection teams and ‘mutually agreed action plans’ – says new ATL report Replacing Ofsted with a system of local inspection teams has been backed by the Association of Teachers (ATL) and… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Northamptonshire ease teacher concerns over ‘Next Generation Council’ Council bosses have moved to ease fears about changes in education provision amid plans to outsource all of a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Labour will deny schools ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating if they fail on ‘creative and cultural’ curriculum Schools will miss out on ‘outstanding’ Ofsted ratings if they fail to offer creative subjects and cultural opportunities under… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Labour pledges business leaders to help improve ‘slipping’ head teacher standards Headteachers will benefit from business leader partnerships and a new ‘gold standard’ qualification – under new Labour plans to… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Firbeck Academy and SPTA’s Don Valley Academy warned over falling results The Department for Education today released ‘pre-warning termination notices’ given to two schools – and lifted a prior financial… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Local authority to outsource all services – including schools Education services at a county council are set to be taken over by a ‘specialist social enterprise’ as part… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 1,015 Older