Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross

A new report into tackling the issues faced by the teacher labour market in England has been released by the Education Policy Institute. The report, which focuses particularly on the lack of teachers with relevant degrees teaching “high priority” subjects such as maths and science, has recommended the government offers financial bonuses and incentives for […]

The government should speed up and extend its roll out of bonuses for teachers who choose to teach shortage subjects or work in deprived areas, a think tank has said. The Education Policy Institute’s latest report found that a combination of rising pupil numbers and steady teacher numbers has led to a rise in the […]

A Department for Education civil servant and part time techno DJ is one of the contestants on this year’s Great British Bake Off. The DfE’s Luke Thompson was one of 12 contestants to enter the famous baking tent during the first episode of the new series, which aired yesterday evening. The 30-year-old was introduced by […]

A trust which runs 12 alternative provision academies has been warned to improve its finances by the government after failing to set a balanced budget for this year. TBAP multi-academy trust has received a financial notice to improve, which reveals the trust was first given a financial warning by the Education and Skills Funding Agency […]

An inquiry has been opened into two independent school charities after concerns were raised about conflicts of interest, protecting assets and “potential unauthorised trustee benefits”. The Charity Commission has begun a class statutory inquiry into The Martin Foundation and The Collegiate Charitable Foundation, which provide bursaries for pupils and advertising, facilities and equipment for schools. […]

Figures on the number of admissions appeals for the 2017-18 academic year reveal another increase in the number of secondary school appeals. The data, released by the Department for Education this morning, shows the overall proportion of appeals made and upheld has barely changed since last year, and reveals that half of all appeals are […]

The number of pupils taking design and technology and religious studies GCSEs in the UK has slumped this year, as geography and history experienced another rise. Data from the Joint Council of Qualifications shows that almost a quarter fewer pupils chose a GCSE in design and technology, falling 23.3 per cent from 165,815 in 2017 […]

This story is over a year old. The updated 2019 story, which shows a rise in grade 9s issued in 2019, is here. The highest possible GCSE result has made up just over four per cent of all grades given to 16-year-olds in England. The coveted grade 9, which is intended to be more difficult […]

AQA has confirmed two science papers were hit by a question error and leak on social media in this summer’s GCSE exams. The exam board said pupils will receive full marks in the affected questions and no children will be advantaged or disadvantaged by the issues, which saw the wrong questions put into a physics paper […]