Skills England

Skills England to support schools on careers education

New skills quango chair says 'foundation of any skills development is satisfactory levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Falling rolls

Falling rolls crisis hits LA schools hardest, study finds

NFER also found that schools with lower Ofsted ratings saw larger drops in primary pupil numbers

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
breakfast clubs

Breakfast clubs ‘early adopter scheme’ to launch in April

Up to 750 schools will be invited to take part in trial before national roll out of government's free...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Grammar Schools

Warning over grammar’s plan to open ‘affiliate’ schools overseas

The plan skirts close to what is permissible in academy funding rules, finance experts have warned 

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

New apprenticeship to equip teaching assistants on SEND

Move gives schools more options to spend training funding, but unions warn apprentices 'must be paid at the going...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted logos banned for this year’s inspections, and 9 other handbook changes

Watchdog updates its guidance for inspections of schools following 'Big Listen' response

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Movers and Shakers

Headteachers’ Roundtable names new co-chairs as Derbyshire steps down

Caroline Barlow and Keziah Featherstone named as new joint co-chairs

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Recruitment and retention

The school giving teachers a lie-in to boost retention

Teachers should be treated like 'elite athletes' who need rest from an 'exhausting' job, head believes

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted: The schools already drawing up their own report cards

Several schools are ahead of Ofsted and drawing up their own report cards. Schools Week investigates

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey