Author: Nick Linford

In today’s Spending Review, chancellor George Osborne made the strongest statement yet that the government wants to see the end of local authority schools. During a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in October the prime minister said he wanted to see local authorities “running” schools become a “thing of the past”. But the direction […]

Chancellor George Osborne is delivering his autumn statement and the outcome of the comprehensive spending review in the House of Commons. Here’s what we know about education… Sixth form colleges will be able to become academies This will be hailed as a victory for the Sixth Form Colleges Association and several MPs who have campaigned for […]

A government claim which suggests schools can meet their legal duty to provide religious education with the content of one GCSE is “false and misleading”, the High Court has ruled. Handing down a judgment on a judicial review brought against education secretary Nicky Morgan by six parents, Mr Justice Warby has ruled that an assertion made […]

Chancellor George Osborne will tomorrow reveal the outcome of the latest comprehensive spending review. But what is it, and what does it mean for schools?   What does a spending review involve? Spending reviews involve individual government departments putting together plans to find efficiency savings, usually based on a mandated rate set by the Treasury itself. […]

Worries about oversight of exam marking were aired when Ofqual’s chair faced headteachers from across the north east today. Amanda Spielman (pictured), who appeared at the meeting instead of chief regulator Glenys Stacey, has thanked heads for a “very open discussion” after they came together to warn of ongoing problems with marking, moderation and the […]

A formal investigation into claims the government’s latest teacher recruitment advert is ‘misleading’ will be launched after it sparked almost 100 complaints. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed it will investigate whether the advert, which prompted criticism about its claim teachers can earn up to £65,000 a year, has breached its guidelines. So far, the […]

Academics are looking for about 100 schools to take part in a study on whether pupil start times affect GCSE results. The Universities of Oxford and York, along with Durham University, have launched the Teensleep study, funded by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, and are looking for schools to take part. For […]

British schools planning trips to France between now and Sunday should change their plans, the government has warned in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris which killed at least 129 people. Following a move by the French Ministry of Education to cancel trips by its own schools within the country, the British Foreign and […]

Schools commissioner Frank Green has apologised to MPs over mistakes in his testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry. Mr Green has written to the education select committee to “sincerely apologise” for the inconvenience caused by his mistakes and clarify comments he made during a hearing on December 4. As reported by Schools Week, Mr Green incorrectly claimed […]