School improvement

Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance

MAT chiefs selected to spearhead Labour's bid to make pupils' transition into secondary less 'challenging'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

£100m English hubs had ‘substantial’ impact, researchers say

Evaluation finds school-led scheme boosted pupils’ outcomes and 'broader literacy'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Pay and conditions

Support staff turnover hits record high as experts call for action

Report recommends government action to help schools recruit staff, including through more training and higher pay

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools white paper

Funding and leadership questions over new area ‘missions’

Bid to improve north east and coastal schools risks 'becoming symbolic rather than structural', ministers told

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Behaviour

Off-rolling curbs welcomed, but warnings over ‘gaps in data’

Ministers plan to tighten up scrutiny of pupil moves - and to interrogate leaders suspected of off-rolling

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Diversity and flexibility push in DfE’s 6,500 teachers plan

Ministers have finally revealed details of how they plan to grow the teaching workforce by 6,500

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools white paper

Retention payments for headteachers ‘won’t address why they are quitting’

Union leaders 'unconvinced' annual payments to keep heads in under-served areas are answer to staffing crisis

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools white paper

Schools white paper: The key schools policies

Fair banding transparency, a crackdown on off-rolling and calls for all schools to be in trusts set out in...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Jack Dyson
Academies

Grammars shine in ‘unfair’ MAT league tables

Two of the top three-ranked trusts run grammar schools, up from zero last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson