SATs Exclusive Primaries fail to opt out of SATs – but say they won’t be testing FOI data reveals just 7 per cent of primary schools opted out of receiving KS1 papers Samantha Booth 2w Samantha Booth 2w Recruitment Focus on recruitment schemes that will make a difference, ministers urged A Schools Week FOI revealed a government scheme to recruit armed forces veterans has tanked Lucas Cumiskey 2w Lucas Cumiskey 2w Oak National Academy Oak CEO hunt surpasses a year Vacancy for £120k-a-year role remains unfilled 12 months since applications closed Samantha Booth 3w Samantha Booth 3w Academies Exclusive Trusts struggling to close ‘unacceptable’ gender pay gap The gap did narrow at 12 of the 20 biggest trusts but there has been little progress in recent… Lucas Cumiskey 3w Lucas Cumiskey 3w School land Exclusive Ministers eye new ‘spot checks’ to monitor playing field sell-offs Government reveals new measures ‘under consideration’ to check land sale conditions have been met Jack Dyson 3w Jack Dyson 3w School funding Teaching assistants cut in 75% of primary schools More headteachers cut staff amid warning primaries face ‘rapid deterioration’ due to funding woes Schools Week Reporter 3w Schools Week Reporter 3w MATs Exclusive Trust sues ex-bosses over global business trips, holiday cottages – and wants wages repaid Full story of the landmark SchoolsCompany Trust court case as trustees chased for missing £2.8 million Freddie Whittaker 3w Freddie Whittaker 3w Academies Investigation Academy commissioner costs soar by 40% after restructure Teams now cost more than £3,000 for each of England’s academies Jack Dyson 3w Jack Dyson 3w MATs Exclusive SchoolsCompany: £900k, three years … and still no final claims Landmark academy court case criticised over ‘scandalous’ costs and delays Freddie Whittaker 3w Freddie Whittaker 3w Exams Progress 8 pause: Heads call for wider review But some heads have warned the sector could creep back to GCSE pass grades being the accountability ‘king’ Samantha Booth 3w Samantha Booth 3w Exams No school progress measure for next two years The Department for Education had explored alternative options, but concluded there is ‘no replacement’ for progress 8 measure Samantha Booth 3w Samantha Booth 3w Climate change Calls for review of ‘undervalued’ climate education A third of secondary teachers did not believe they spent enough time teaching about climate change Samantha Booth 3w Samantha Booth 3w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 895 Older
