News

GCSE and A-level grade challenges soar as schools deal with ‘anxiety’ over accountability pressures

Schools submitted 121,000 more enquiries about GCSE and A-level grades this year than in 2014, a rise of 27 per cent....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

There will be 1 million more pupils by 2024 – but here’s why we won’t have enough teachers

As pupil numbers rise, schools say they are perilously short of teachers – Kevin Courtney explains why. Much is...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Report reveals four in five school leaders face recruitment ‘problem’ as committee begins teacher supply inquiry

Almost four in five school leaders have reported a problem with recruitment, a survey by the National Association of...

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Nick Linford
News

Government could challenge High Court ruling over religious GCSE row

The government could appeal against a High Court ruling that it made “false and misleading” claims about the new religious...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Academies to be brought under ‘coasting schools’ legislation

Academies will be brought under new “coasting schools” legislation, the government has announced. Prime minister David Cameron has confirmed...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Labour MP Clive Lewis ‘misled Parliament’ over Hewett school uniform, Inspiration Trust claims

The Labour MP Clive Lewis has been accused of misleading Parliament over claims Norwich’s Hewett Academy forced parents to...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

255 schools to get mental health ‘point of contact’ in £3.2m NHS England joint initiative

Hundreds of schools will be given a single point of contact for help with pupils with mental health problems...

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Nick Linford
News

Midland Studio College schools in Hinckley and Nuneaton to close due to low pupil numbers

Two studio schools in the midlands will close next summer after their sponsor declared them “economically unviable” due to...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Regional schools commissioners: 5 things we learned from Lord Nash’s grilling

Lord Nash, parliamentary under secretary of state for schools, appeared in front of the House of Commons education committee today...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford