Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross

The government’s planned teacher vacancy website has taken “much longer than it should have” to develop and is still being built, the academies minister has admitted, though a pilot is likely to go ahead this summer. Lord Agnew told school business managers at ASCL’s business leaders conference in Nottingham on Thursday that the site is […]

Schools should stop staff from making colour photocopies in order to save money, according to an education minister. Lord Agnew, the minister for academies, told school business leaders that cutting down on “staggering” copying bills is “one small example” of how schools can save money. Speaking at the ASCL conference for business leaders in Nottingham, […]

Schools leaders will receive expert business advice on how best to “maximise their resources and budgets” in a new government scheme. The pilot scheme is due to be announced by schools minister Lord Agnew at the ASCL conference for business leaders, and will see 40 business advisers offering bespoke business support to schools. It is […]

Funding pressures will force more schools to reduce individual support for pupils and staff numbers, school business leaders have warned. In a survey of 238 school business leaders by the Association of School and College Leaders, 56 per cent said cost savings have reduced individual support over the past year, and 65 per cent expect […]

Bright Tribe may have to pay up over its running of Whitehaven Academy and there is no proof that forced academisation offers the best value for money for failing schools. These were among the topics for discussion at a session of the Public Accounts Committee today on the conversion of schools to academies, featuring evidence […]

A new app that sends game ideas and child development tips to parents from deprived areas has been found to improve levels of concentration and determination in young pupils. The app, called Easy Peasy, aims to extend the work of schools and nurseries by encouraging parents to get involved in their children’s development through play […]

The government has stopped sharing pupil data with third parties while it reviews its approval process. The national pupil database holds information on more than 21 million children collected via the school census since 1998. Researchers, academics, businesses and others were previously allowed to request information from the database to inform research and other activities. […]

Plans to convert a school in east London into an academy have been abandoned after its teachers went on strike for 19 days. A battle has been raging over the future of Avenue Primary School in Newham since parents were consulted about plans to covert it into an academy and join the EKO Trust in […]