Academies Exclusive Trusts struggling to close ‘unacceptable’ gender pay gap The gap did narrow at 12 of the 20 biggest trusts but there has been little progress in recent… Lucas Cumiskey 13h Lucas Cumiskey 13h School land Exclusive Ministers eye new ‘spot checks’ to monitor playing field sell-offs Government reveals new measures ‘under consideration’ to check land sale conditions have been met Jack Dyson 15h Jack Dyson 15h School funding Teaching assistants cut in 75% of primary schools More headteachers cut staff amid warning primaries face ‘rapid deterioration’ due to funding woes Schools Week Reporter 17h Schools Week Reporter 17h MATs Exclusive Trust sues ex-bosses over global business trips, holiday cottages – and wants wages repaid Full story of the landmark SchoolsCompany Trust court case as trustees chased for missing £2.8 million Freddie Whittaker 23h Freddie Whittaker 23h Academies Investigation Academy commissioner costs soar by 40% after restructure Teams now cost more than £3,000 for each of England’s academies Jack Dyson 23h Jack Dyson 23h MATs Exclusive SchoolsCompany: £900k, three years … and still no final claims Landmark academy court case criticised over ‘scandalous’ costs and delays Freddie Whittaker 23h Freddie Whittaker 23h Exams Progress 8 pause: Heads call for wider review But some heads have warned the sector could creep back to GCSE pass grades being the accountability ‘king’ Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth 1d Exams No school progress measure for next two years The Department for Education had explored alternative options, but concluded there is ‘no replacement’ for progress 8 measure Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Climate change Calls for review of ‘undervalued’ climate education A third of secondary teachers did not believe they spent enough time teaching about climate change Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d SEND NFER: MATs should create ‘director of SEND’ role SEND leaders are playing a ‘crucial role’ in fostering collaboration and assisting individual schools, researchers find Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Ofsted Ofsted criticises ‘limited and poor quality’ RE lessons 5 key findings from Ofsted’s religious education subject report Lucas Cumiskey 3d Lucas Cumiskey 3d Funding CST outlines 4 reforms for ‘fairer’ school funding Academy body calls for SEND cash through the national funding formula, a policy premium and new private finance building… Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 891 Older