Faith schools

DfE to lift 50% faith admissions cap and allow religious special schools

Campaigners warn move will 'increase religious and racial segregation in our schools'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment
Damian Hinds

Now Teach: DfE ‘re-assessing’ how to get career-changers

Damian Hinds was quizzed about the decision to axe programme's funding

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Two ways to share the ‘DNA’ of effective school improvement

Steve Rollett explains CST's new conceptual model of trust-led school improvement and its new 'school improvement hub'

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Steve Rollett
Teach First
Exclusive

‘It’s not just about top graduates’: Teach First changes tack in 2030 strategy

CEO Russell Hobby talks career-changers, a new focus on leadership and becoming less reliant on government contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Behaviour

Schools lose a quarter of lesson time to poor behaviour – DfE survey

Leaders warn of worsening issues and a growing impact on their wellbeing

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Freddie Whittaker
Funding

Keegan: ‘Hard to guarantee’ we’ll fully fund teacher pay rise

Education secretary says it will be 'difficult' for government to raid its own budget again, but says she will...

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Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Politicians and media would ‘draw own conclusions’ if Ofsted grades scrapped – DfE

Government also rejects calls from MPs to reduce the frequency of inspections

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Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Deprived schools more likely to see progress 8 scores fall

Analysis comes as Covid impact and potential Labour changes may spell end to measure in its current form

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: McCandless, Coiffait-Gunn, MacKenzie, Robinson, Uttley, Spackman

Leader who worked on Bill Clinton's campaign and journalist who dined with Donald Trump among those with new jobs...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker