The Research Leader

DfE should support struggling private schools to become academies

A targeted approach could help provide a high-quality state-funded education to pupils from a wide range of backgrounds

Freddie Whittaker
Tom Richmond
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
Assessment

DfE wants to ditch ‘average’ labels for school progress scores

The current 'confidence interval' ratings can limit understanding of a school's performance, the government has said

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive

ASCL policy chief 'hugely privileged' to take over as leader of think tank

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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
Academies

Job cuts loom at trust with £9m deficit

Ministers tighten up their oversight of 25-school chain amid concerns over 'weak financial position' and 'continued' breaches

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Heads ‘on trial’: 8 findings from first RISE evaluation

But report concludes the initial rollout of Labour's school improvement scheme has been a 'success'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

CEO of trust with £8.4m deficit resigns after leave of absence

Richard Gill leaves his role at the head of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Star academy trust fell victim to ‘historic fraud’ over several years

MAT with 36 schools says 'all reasonable steps taken' following 'significant financial irregularity'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson