Schools

Governor vacancies hit six-year high as most boards report unfilled posts

The NGA says trusts and schools are struggling to recruit and boards are getting older - with just 1...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Half of schools will miss out on rebuilds – as only 61 more handed cash

More than 1,100 schools applied for Boris Johnson's school rebuilding programme, but numbers are capped at 500

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Ministers have ‘limited’ agenda to improve teaching, says ex-DfE boss

'Structural reorganisation is easy,' says former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater, who warns of 'disconnect' from frontline teachers

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Schools review uniform policies to embrace eco-friendly options

'Environmentally conscious' pupils behind green policy drive

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Cost-of-living crisis: Fuel hike pushes school staff to the brink

Schools are struggling to find and keep staff as soaring costs and years of pay restraint take their toll

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE warned against treating ECF evidence ‘like a Bible’

A teacher training expert and former DfE adviser warned against the apparent reverence of some in government to the...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams, Schools

‘Shambles’: Heads wait hours for SATs results as Capita portal crashes

Leaders waiting since 7.30am say delays 'completely unacceptable', as national statistics website also goes down

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics, Schools

Zahawi: Teachers won’t want to strike after pupils’ Covid ‘damage’

Education secretary faces questions over proposed below-inflation pay rises

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Rachel de Souza joins big trusts’ National Institute of Teaching

The children's commissioner joins the CEOs of Harris, Star, Oasis and OGAT on the board behind the DfE's new...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger