School performance project worth £24m ‘not the right time’ says DfE

Plans to display school performance data on one platform have been shelved by the Department for Education (DfE). The…

Ark to pilot ‘Professional Pathways’

Schools Reform Minister Nick Gibb (pictured above) attended the launch of three new sixth forms which are to pilot…

EXCLUSIVE: Secondary opens with 17 pupils

‘Near empty’ free school in South West London opens on land bought by government for £18m A free school has…

Bradford ‘destitute’ pupils missing out on extra cash

Yorkshire schools are missing out on at least £650,000 pupil premium funding with foreign children ineligible for free school…

Letter exposes U-turn on AET outsourcing

The Department for Education (DfE) appears to have made a U-turn on its involvement in a plan by the…

Free schools ‘creaking’ property search system should be given to professionals, says charity boss

The government should consider handing over responsibility for finding new school sites to property companies, the head of a…

MPs call for nursery schools to become academies

Two MPs are calling on the Department for Education (DfE) to consider allowing nursery schools to become academies. In…

Late reprieve for Sikh free school plan in Leicester

A Sikh-ethos free school that had its funding pulled five days before opening may yet open in October after…

Agnew joins Nash at Future Academies

A non-executive board member at the Department for Education (DfE) has taken a new role with an academy trust…

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Governors sacked and eight staff suspended as exam cheating investigation is widened

An academy trust has sacked a school’s entire board of governors and suspended eight staff amid exam cheating allegations….

Tradition and innovation: finding the balance

Educationist Martin Robinson emphasised the importance of a balance between tradition and innovation. Speaking at Saturday’s conference, Mr Robinson…