Schools

DfE plans language hubs expansion with £14.9m funding

A new 'centre of excellence' will be established to work with up to 25 'hub' schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
The Chartered College of Teaching will offer associate membership to teaching assistants and other support staff at a time when the roles face uncertainty

Chartered College launches membership for teaching assistants

New associate membership recognises 'the important role of TAs, while providing a community of professional support'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
Schools with identified RAAC are being urged to put contingency plans in place in case of closure by the DfE

Grammar school ordered to pay back £1.5m in overclaimed maintenance cash

Single-academy trust 'knowingly took decisions to utilise funding on works beyond the scope of the approved bids', probe finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools
Unofficial guidance on supporting trans pupils has been published by education unions and organisations to help schools prepare for new DfE guidelines

Guidance on supporting trans children in schools: 7 key findings

Unofficial guidance from unions and sector bodies aims to help schools meet their legal duties while supporting trans children

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
Adults and children at the Manston immigration short-term holding facility in Thanet, Kent, last week
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Kent admits it has not run out of school places amid migrant crisis

Kent council leaders said last week there were no Year 7 or 9 school places in some areas of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE academy troubleshooter banned from teaching for ‘bullying’ staff

Teaching Regulation Agency panel finds Sarah Gillett 'engineered' redundancy 'in retaliation' for grievance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

New Michaela Stevenage school scrapped over lack of ‘basic need’

Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh says opening second school would be 'financially detrimental' to other settings in the area

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools
The CST has called on the government to provide "urgent" intervention as the majority of trusts head towards deficit
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Half of academy trusts could be in deficit in two years

Confederation of School Trusts calls for multi-year spending plans after analysis reveals reality of unfunded pay offers and spiralling...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools
Baroness Barran

Barran: Investment firms ‘lecturing’ government on Oak ‘sticks in throat’

Academies minister says quango will not 'distort' curriculum and is a 'strategic investment' amid Lords questioning

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth