Author: Nick Linford

Confidence in Ofsted has been undermined and needs to be restored, according to the Education Select Committee’s latest report out today. The report examines lessons from the committee’s inquiry into the Birmingham ‘Trojan Horse’ investigations carried out after allegations were made last year that a group of hardline Islamists were plotting to ‘take over’ some […]

A Warrington free school which issues passports to its pupils to log the success of character education has been named as the winner of a Department for Education (DfE) national award. King’s Leadership Academy has been named as the overall winner of the DfE character education awards, meaning it will add a further £20,000 prize […]

Conducting multiple inquiries into concerns about Birmingham’s so-called ‘Trojan Horse’ plot led to “a sense of crisis and confusion”, the education select committee has said today. A report into extremism in schools by the cross-party group of MPs reviews actions after last year’s Trojan Horse incident in which a group of hardline Islamists were alleged […]

The introduction of the pupil premium and protection of the schools budget are among Nick Clegg’s “proudest moments” in government, the Deputy Prime Minister will say today. The Liberal Democrat party leader’s keynote speech to his party’s conference in Liverpool is expected to begin shortly after noon, with education as a key focus. He will […]

School admissions rules need “beefed up” enforcement, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said today. Mr Hunt made the comments to Schools Week at a Labour Party policy rally in Birmingham this afternoon, following revelations that the school attended by the children of the Prime Minister and Conservative Chief Whip Michael Gove appeared to have broken […]

Schools are set to be given the power to reward their best teachers with a 2 per cent pay rise. Education secretary Nicky Morgan outlined her intentions today to accept the recommendations put forward by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB). It recommended an increase of two per cent to the maximum limit of the […]

The state secondary school selected by David Cameron and Michael Gove for their daughters appears to have breached school admission laws by asking parents for money when offering them a place, Schools Week can reveal. In the past week, it has emerged that the prime minister’s daughter would be attending The Grey Coat Hospital in […]

On Radio Four this morning, Education secretary Nicky Morgan said free schools were a “huge success story” and the Government’s announcement of 500 more of them would benefit education standards. Labour’s Tristram Hunt said they had “left primary school places in crisis”. Speaking on the Today programme, Ms Morgan ruled out encouraging schools to run […]