School funding

‘Fair funding’ promised by 2027, and 8 more school cash changes

Another DfE consultation on the national funding formula outlines raft of new proposals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies, Ofsted

Academy trusts have limited impact on ‘stuck’ schools

Academisation no 'silver bullet' to save languishing schools, study suggests

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

More heads consider resignation as pandemic effect disappears

The proportion of senior leaders at risk of leaving their jobs rises by 52 per cent in just one...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Queen’s birthday honours: Ex-Ofsted chief and OGAT boss scoop top gongs

Forty-six people with links to England's schools community have been recognised

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Ex-academies ministers team up to torpedo schools bill powers

The government will also seek to amend its own legislation to require councils to consult more widely before converting...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

80 winners scoop silver at the 2022 Pearson National Teaching Awards

Education secretary praises 'incredible educators who support our children to achieve their potential'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Half of new teachers struggle to balance teaching and training

Government evaluation report also reveals three in four mentors have struggled to spend time on their own training

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

One in four pupils were persistently absent in autumn 2021

Changes to isolation rules reduced Covid-related absence, but illness drove a rise in other absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE plans first step in academy revolution

Work to move to all-academies system will begin later this term

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker