Author: Jess Staufenberg

Three US academics will travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic to run a research project in the north-east of England to map how teachers share knowledge. Michigan State University was invited by schools consultancy firm Evidence Based Education, located near Darlington, to replicate studies in the US on the information networks of teachers. The […]

School leaders claim they have been left out of pocket under the government’s method of doling out cash for teacher pay rises, despite assurances of full funding. The Department for Education announced on Friday it will allocate additional funding for schools to cover teacher pay rises based on their pupil numbers, with uplifts for geographic […]

Schools have had to shell out £3.8 million to cover the legal costs of converting to academies after a surge in councils passing on the bill. A Schools Week investigation has revealed that more than half of councils now impose penalty fees on schools that convert. The charge varies from a couple of hundred pounds […]

Pupils at a second Harris academy have had their SATs results annulled by the Standards and Testing Agency, Schools Week can reveal. Former year 6 pupils at the ‘outstanding’-rated Harris Primary Academy Kent House, in south London, have had some of their SATs results wiped after an STA maladministration investigation. The Harris Federation would not […]

The key architects of the computer science GCSE have launched a major review into the qualification as pupil uptake stagnates, with girls particularly shunning the subject. Schools Week can reveal the British Computer Society (BCS) review will also look at whether the subject – only introduced in 2014 – now needs to be overhauled in […]

The company behind the controversial European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) has lost £3 million in income after the government scrapped the qualification from performance tables. Company accounts for the British Computer Society Learning and Development, which delivers the level 2 qualification, reveal a 10 per cent drop in income during 2016-17, from £29 million to […]

The government has finally hit its original target to train 400 computing master teachers – three years later and costing £1 million more than expected. However, despite eventually hitting its target the contract ended in March and it is now uncertain whether the new National Centre of Computing Education will make use of the newly-trained […]

An international pilot scheme for reducing workload associated with assessment is calling for teachers around the world with innovative ideas to step forward. The “making waves” pilot, launched by think tank LKMco and education company Pearson, wants to hear about schools and countries with smart ways of making assessment more efficient. The announcement comes after […]

Sir Anthony Seldon has insisted his fast-track headship college will go ahead, despite not re-applying for government funding and losing a key partner in the plans. Seldon, a former headteacher at Wellington College in Berkshire, was in talks with minsters in 2016 over the college which proposed parachuting promising candidates into headship roles after one […]