SATs

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
Samantha Booth
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
Lucas Cumiskey
Oak National Academy

Oak CEO hunt surpasses a year

Vacancy for £120k-a-year role remains unfilled 12 months since applications closed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

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
Lucas Cumiskey
School land

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
Jack Dyson
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
Schools Week Reporter


MATs

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
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy commissioner costs soar by 40% after restructure

Teams now cost more than £3,000 for each of England’s academies

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
MATs

SchoolsCompany: £900k, three years … and still no final claims

Landmark academy court case criticised over ‘scandalous’ costs and delays

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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
Samantha Booth
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
Samantha Booth
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
Samantha Booth