Author: Jess Staufenberg

Scores more system leaders have had their statuses stripped by the government after their school slumped below performance measures last year, new figures show. Figures obtained under the freedom of information act show a sharp rise in the number of reviews the government has conducted into the suitability of national leaders of education (NLEs), national […]

The Department for Education has denied double standards after forcing one academy trust to share documents relating to important decisions made by its bosses, but allowing another – set up by the academies minister – not to. The Inspiration Trust, in east Anglia, and Bright Tribe, based in the north, were both requested under the […]

Ofsted’s national director of education has urged schools not to pay “snake-oil” salesman for training on the watchdog’s new inspection framework after a head reported being approached by private firms. Sean Harford said leaders should instead watch videos and slides from the inspectorate’s programme of regional curriculum workshops, which are set to be released in […]

The number of late GCSE entries increased by 22 per cent last year, despite dropping the year before, government data released this morning shows. Ofqual has published figures on the number of late GCSE and AS and A-level entries for this summer’s exam series. The number of late entries to GCSEs rose from 471,685 two years […]

Three organisations will receive around £10 million to bring more career changers and PhD graduates into teaching, the government has announced. Schools Week has been told the cash is new funding from the treasury, and will focus on recruiting and supporting up to 600 teachers over the next two years. Now Teach, which encourages high-flying […]

A third of schools have been left short by the government’s teacher pay rise plan, which has disproportionately hit schools with the poorest intakes, new research has found. Schools will split £508 million in funding over the next two years to cover the teacher pay deal announced in the summer. Allocations are based on pupil numbers, with […]

Only about a third of teachers think their current pay range is helping them build a career, new research has found. The Department for Education commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to find out headteachers’ and teachers’ views on their pay ranges. The DfE is “keen to ensure that the pay framework continues to motivate teachers […]

Ofqual has concluded there is no “compelling case” to relax grade boundaries in sciences and modern foreign languages A-levels, following an investigation into claims the subjects are too harshly marked. The review found there isn’t “strong evidence” to justify adjusting the way physics, chemistry, biology, French, German, and Spanish A-levels are graded so they align […]

The Careers and Enterprise Company has been blasted for spending more than £200,000 on two conferences after MPs demanded to know why private sponsorship for such events was not sought instead. The organisation, which was grilled by the education select committee in May over its spending, had a second hearing with MPs this morning, with […]