Schools

PFI firm makes millions as taxpayers pay £870,000 a year for empty school

Wirral council faces eye-watering annual PFI bills despite Kingsway Academy lying empty since 2018

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE to help schools on PFI handover – but guidance ‘too late’

Government guidance admits hundreds of projects risk 'disruption' and paying twice for repairs when PFI deals eventually expire

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Most councils don’t know how many children are ‘missing’ education

Children's commissioner calls for reform after finding 'significant weaknesses' in data held by local authorities

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Council pulls ‘unviable’ support services after academy rise

Changes were in part 'driven by the conversion of maintained schools to academies'

James Carr
James Carr
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The countdown is on for the BTEC Awards 2022 nominations.

The BTEC Awards, an annual event now in its 12th year, recognises and celebrates the hard work and dedication of...

Pearson BTEC
Pearson BTEC
Schools

Flooded classrooms and collapsed roofs: Schools count cost of storms

One school suffered over £40,000 worth of damage in the recent bad weather

James Carr
James Carr
Teacher training

Cambridge refuses to reapply for teacher training over ‘prescriptive’ reforms

Top uni concerned about 'important inconsistencies' in reforms set out in initial teacher training review

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

School attendance at highest since November as Covid absences fall

But staff absence remains high and tens of thousands of pupils still have Covid

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Top-grade school gets ‘inadequate’ after 15 years without inspection

Thomas Mills High School was visited in November after being exempt since 2006

James Carr
James Carr