Author: Freddie Whittaker

Justine Greening has today announced the approval of 111 new free schools. For the full story, click here. Below is the full list of schools approved: East Midlands Buckton Fields Primary School (Preston Hedge’s Academy Trust), Northamptonshire Corby Secondary Academy, Northamptonshire Friars East Free School, Northamptonshire Harlestone Road Primary Academy, Northamptonshire Houghton Gate School, Northamptonshire Leicester […]

The education secretary Justine Greening has approved 111 new free schools, including one sponsored by a grammar school and another by England’s largest state boarding school. Twenty councils have also been granted permission to open new special schools. The councils will be required to select academy trusts to run the schools. The government claims the long-awaited […]

Boys are not being protected from the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection because of a lack of medical intervention and guidance in schools, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers has warned. The HPV vaccination, often referred to as the “cervical cancer jab”, has been issued in schools since 2008, but only to girls, despite the […]

Teachers have warned that social media apps, such as Snapchat and Facebook, are making it easier for pupils to abuse each other, with mild insults escalating into “serious threats” which disrupt learning. In response, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers will debate a motion calling on the government to include “hate crimes and speech” in […]

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has voted to lobby the government over “excessive” chief executive pay in academy trusts, demanding new rules and guidance for schools. Delegates at the ATL’s annual conference in Liverpool today overwhelmingly backed a motion on CEO remuneration and called for tighter rules. It comes after Schools Week’s annual analysis […]

Teachers have reported cuts to spending on books, ICT, SEND provision, and non-EBacc subjects in their schools, in a week where funding will dominate the agenda at several education union conferences. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers and National Union of Teachers, both holding their annual meetings this week, have today published the findings of […]

Officials are unable to say how many foreign teachers face deportation under new immigration rules that require them to earn at least £35,000 a year if they want to settle in the UK. Since last April, workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to teach in England for longer than five years […]