MPs call for nursery schools to become academies

Two MPs are calling on the Department for Education (DfE) to consider allowing nursery schools to become academies. In...

Late reprieve for Sikh free school plan in Leicester

A Sikh-ethos free school that had its funding pulled five days before opening may yet open in October after...

Free Launch edition – Schools Week edition one

Agnew joins Nash at Future Academies

A non-executive board member at the Department for Education (DfE) has taken a new role with an academy trust...

Are journal clubs a good use of precious free time?

Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, asks whether teacher journal clubs can...

Tradition and innovation: finding the balance

Educationist Martin Robinson emphasised the importance of a balance between tradition and innovation. Speaking at Saturday’s conference, Mr Robinson...

Get behind research funding

Tom Sherrington, headteacher at Highbury Grove School, north London, on how research can be absorbed into classroom practice in...

Top 5 research mistakes

Beware: most people make five common mistakes when they’re talking about research, writes Laura McInerney, deputy editor of Schools...

Free school decision letters published after two year battle

After a two year battle, the Department for Education (DfE) has published decision letters sent to the first waves...