An academy trust selected to take over three failing Steiner schools is preparing to move them away from the Steiner Waldorf ethos that underpins them. It was announced in June that the Avanti Schools Trust had been selected to run
Schools lose £2.8m under English and maths retakes rule
Schools in England have lost more than £2.8 million in funding this year after failing to enrol thousands of sixth formers in additional English and maths classes. Analysis of funding allocation data by Schools Week’s sister paper FE Week shows
No enforcement order against NASUWT over general secretary’s term of office
The NASUWT teachers’ union made a “genuine error” in failing to call an election before its general secretary’s term of office came to an end, the certification officer of trade unions has ruled. In a ruling issued following a hearing
Ofqual plans new rules to tackle ‘vulnerability’ of 14 to 16 technical awards
The exams regulator Ofqual is planning to step up its regulation of technical qualifications offered to 14 to 16-year-old pupils, amid concerns they are open to “grade inflation or misuse”. Technical awards are level 1 and 2 qualifications with an
Why exploration of MAT and LA-level pupil exits data is important
The Education Policy Institute was right to publish pupil exits data for MATs and councils, argues its research chief Natalie Perera. The publication of our report last week on ‘Unexplained pupil exits from schools’ has attracted some criticism because of our
Revealed: The winners of the 2019 Pearson Teaching Awards
Eleven UK school teachers have been honoured as winners of the 2019 Pearson Teaching Awards, for their inspirational work in education. The winners received their awards, which recognise “inspirational teachers”, at a glamorous ceremony this evening hosted by BBC presenters
‘Many more’ UTCs will switch to recruitment at 11
Two more university technical colleges have ditched their 14 to 18-year-old intakes to recruit at 11, with warnings “many more” will follow. UTCs in Plymouth and Wolverhampton have been granted permission to open to year 7s from next September. They
Provisional Kent GCSE Outcomes 2019
GCSE Results for Kent published last week show that Kent schools were below the National Average of -0.03 in the governments key measure Progress 8 at -0.11. However, they were ahead in Attainment 8 at 47.2 against the national figure
Schools losing teacher goodwill over performance-related pay
Teachers are giving up running extra-curricular activities and leaving the profession after being denied pay progression because of issues outside their control. A union boss this week also warned of an “increasing groundswell of opinion” against performance-related pay (PRP), as
All-through school split so heads can be accountable
An academy trust has made the rare decision to “de-merge” an all-through school into primary and secondary provision because it wants two heads it can hold to account separately. The request to split Yate Academy in Gloucestershire was one of