News

Schools handed repairs cash ‘expected’ to follow DfE cost-cutting advice

Schools applying for government funding to repair unsafe buildings will now have to agree to a visit from a...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

7 ways to reinvigorate the free schools policy

Since 2010 free schools have helped to transform our education system, bringing high standards, new innovations from which other...

John Dickens
LUKE TRYL
News, Politics

66 schools split £22m to boost nursery places

The government has announced 66 schools will get extra funding to boost their nursery places – but ministers have...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

4 key questions to progress the MAT governance debate

The ongoing rhetoric of an emerging and evolving MAT system has been a popular one. In the National Governance...

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SAM HENSON
News

Boris Johnson pledges £4.6bn per year extra for schools (but not until 2022!)

Boris Johnson has upped his funding promise for schools, vowing to provide £4.6 billion per year extra by 2022...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE writes off failed Schools Company Trust’s £3m debt

The government has written off £3 million it was owed by the failed Schools Company Trust, with officials now...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE facing legal action after ‘insulting’ £100 offer to would-be teachers it wrongly failed

The Department for Education is facing legal action after offering an “insulting” £100 to compensate would-be teachers it incorrectly...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Schools face axing more teaching assistants, DfE-commissioned report finds

Schools face having to axe more support staff under budget squeezes, new government research has found, with leaders concerned...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Teacher retention rates are worsening, and 7 other school workforce findings

The Department for Education has today published the latest school workforce census (November 2018). Schools Week has the key...

John Dickens
John Dickens