Author: Freddie Whittaker

Schools are being encouraged to put up posters to make it clear to pupils, parents and visitors that they won’t tolerate abuse of their staff. Teaching union NASUWT has produced two posters for schools as part of an ongoing campaign to support teachers and heads in tackling pupil indiscipline. The union wants schools to emulate […]

Schools in areas with high levels of serious youth violence should remain open in the evenings and at weekends as part of “emergency measures” to tackle the problem, the children’s commissioner has said. Anne Longfield told the parliamentary education committee that knife crime was a “massive concern” for her office, and warned of “a really […]

Teachers in the largest academy trusts are promoted on average three years earlier than their peers in LA-maintained schools, but they’re also more likely to quit the profession, new research has found. A study by the Ambition Institute and the Education Policy Institute found that teachers in so-called “system leader” academy trusts, those with 12,000 […]

Chris Keates is to step down as general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union after 15 years in the role, Schools Week has learned. In an email to staff, seen by the newspaper, Keates confirmed she told the union’s national executive on June 7 that she will not be standing again for re-election. It follows a period […]

Nine academy trust leaders have been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours this year, making up a fifth of all those recognised for their work in schools. Jon Coles (pictured top centre), the chief executive of United Learning, is to be knighted. He is one of 48 people honoured this year for their services to […]

An academy trust had to register a pupil referral unit as a school after Ofsted found it had been operating illegally as a subsidiary company for six years. The government is now facing growing calls for tougher monitoring of alternative provision and provide more clarity around registration. The Rodillian Academy Trust had run the Southway […]

The universities regulator says it has “no plans” to share sensitive named pupil data with private companies as parliament prepares to give it access to the details of millions of children and adults. Secondary legislation will allow data from the national pupil database (NPD) to be passed to the Office for Students (OfS). It should […]

Theresa May wants to announce a “multibillion programme” to overhaul schools before she leaves office, it has been reported. The Financial Times claims the prime minister has urged the chancellor for a three-year school funding settlements, with more money for failing schools, teacher training and a review of the way the schools budget is allocated […]