Schools Week12h
Trust centralisation can’t be judged on numbers alone
In highly centralised trusts (with an 80-per cent or more level of centralisation), average per-pupil end-to-end costs are ...
Schools Week12h
How to ensure the new curriculum boosts growth
A broad and balanced curriculum and employer-led project-based learning will involve hard choices. It is not a simple change.
Schools Week14h
Private special schools charging £100k fees failed standards checks
The Labour government plans new powers to intervene more quickly when private schools fail. Schools Week investigates ...
Schools Week16h
Free school gets £500k government bailout after wage increase
A private school-turned-academy was left with a major deficit after raising staff wages to national pay scales ...
Schools Week1d
Why more schools should be courting the media spotlight
Getting on the front foot in the media could help engage the next generation of teachers. It could unlock greater support ...
Schools Week1d
Free School Meals check system redesign to boost take-up
The government is redesigning its system for checking free school meals eligibility to allow parents and schools to use it ...
Schools Week2d
Pay and curriculum freedom reforms won’t affect us, say most CEOs
Most trust CEOs say reforms that strip away academy freedoms on pay and curriculum would have no impact on their ability to ...
Schools Week2d
Coroner concern over school swimming lessons after boy’s death
A coroner is concerned that primary schools are not fulfilling their statutory duty to offer swimming lessons following the ...
Schools Week2d
Trust’s growth plan (partially) knocked back
A Derbyshire 21-school academy trust’s bid to almost double in size has been knocked back amid government concerns over its rate of growth.