Author: Nick Linford

Teach First has launched its first national recruitment programme aimed at professionals in office jobs with an advert and campaign entitled ‘change career, change lives’. The charity, which in 2015 drew one fifth of its cohort from among young professionals working in other sectors, wants to increase the number jumping ship and opting to become […]

The government will “struggle to embed” reforms aimed at improving attainment if school oversight continues to be “confused and inconsistent”, Sir Michael Wilshaw will warn today. The Ofsted chief inspector will use a speech to the CentreForum think tank this evening to call for “strong leadership” in education across England and for clarity over the […]

The proportion of pupils achieving a “good pass” in their GCSEs could fall by almost a quarter under the new numerical grading system, a leading think tank has warned. Following Schools Week’s analysis last year that up to 20 per cent of pupils who previously achieved C grades under the existing system would not reach a grade […]

The Department for Education’s head civil servant Chris Wormald is to leave his role later this year after four years in post. The government has today announced that Chris Wormald, the DfE’s permanent secretary, will take up the same role at the Department of Health, replacing current boss Dame Una O’Brien, who will stand down at the […]

Increasing numbers of large classes will put more pressure on teachers and schools, teaching unions have warned. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) have both voiced fears about the impact on school staff and facilities after government figures showed more than half a million children were learning in […]

Almost three quarters of parents would be happy to send their child to an academy, despite the fact almost two thirds oppose plans to convert all schools. The results of a survey of 1,000 parents in England by HCSS Education a  show the lack of understanding of how academies work, with 58 per cent of […]

Extra funding for sports in primary schools has been extended to 2020, but could mean the end of volunteers working on school sports a retired teacher has warned. The PE and sports premium was set up in 2013 to help primary schools boost school sports and boosts budgets by £150 million per year. But speaking […]

Government officials will “work closely” with schools hit by flooding, Nicky Morgan said after visiting storm-hit buildings in Cumbria. Visiting schools in Carlisle last Thursday, Ms Morgan met with staff and pupils at Trinity School and Richard Rose Central Academy, where she said the “shocking impact of the floods” was “still very evident”, although both […]