The Department for Education (DfE) has published its long delayed reforms to the way funding is allocated to schools across England, which the DfE claims will ‘end the postcode lottery of school funding’.
Four teachers from the UK have been shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2017, which offers an award of $1 million to the winning teacher.
The number of penalties issued to school and college staff for exam malpractice is up 48 per cent compared to last year, according to official figures from Ofqual.
Schools across England will need to find savings of £3 billion by 2019/2020 to counteract cumulative cost pressures, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
Only six out of 152 local authority areas in England would benefit from expanded selection and opening new grammar schools, according to new research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI).
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has confirmed that school leaders in England are opposed to government plans to extend selection and open new grammar schools.
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has been awarded an additional £5 million to continue to improve the quality of further education and expand the availability of apprenticeships.
Ethnic background plays a significant role in grammar school entry, with white working class pupils the least likely to attend, according to new analysis from the Sutton Trust.
