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Government to publish ‘school sport action plan’

Ministers will take action to get more pupils to play competitive sports in school, Damian Hinds has announced. The...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

High salaries don’t attract the best, says trust CEO

Academy trusts give too much control to “ambitious” leaders and offer them huge six-figure salaries in the mistaken belief...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Labour related-party transaction ban won’t apply to charities

Labour’s proposed ban on related-party transactions will apply only to linked commercial companies, Schools Week has learned. The party...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Hinds defends extension of trainee teacher bursaries to more 2:2 graduates

The education secretary Damian Hinds has defended a move to relax the eligibility criteria for government teacher training bursaries,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Damian Hinds says ‘sorry’ for Whitehaven Academy scandal

The education secretary Damian Hinds has apologised to the families affected by the Whitehaven Academy scandal, and pledged to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Frank Field Education Trust to sponsor first school

An academy trust set up by veteran Labour politician Frank Field and Tory donor David Ross has announced it...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Features

Frank Norris, Director, Co-op Academies Trust

Frank Norris is either the most relaxed academy boss I’ve ever met or he’s got an incredible poker face....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

KS1 teacher assessments 2018: Reading down, maths up and science stable

A lower proportion of pupils met the government’s “expected standard” in key stage 1 reading teacher assessments this year,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Phonics check: 82% meet ‘expected standard’ in 2018

The proportion of pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” in the year 1 phonics screening check has increased to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker