Accelerating the growth of multi-academy trusts (MATs) ‘is key to driving up standards’ in the North, according to an independent review commissioned by the government.
Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner has again condemned the government for its plans to introduce new grammar schools, arguing that they are ‘not the answer to Britain's social mobility crisis’.
The Department for Education’s (DfE’s) press office has faced heavy criticism for tweets promoting new grammar schools, which many have described as misleading.
Schools with a high intake of disadvantaged pupils are less likely to be judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, according to new analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI).
Converting primary schools into academies has failed to raise standards, with pupils in primary academies doing no better in Key Stage 2 tests than those at comparable schools, according to a new study from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
A new national online matching service has been launched to connect schools and colleges with skilled volunteers interested in serving as governors and trustees.
School leaders’ union NAHT has written an open letter to the Chancellor asking that the proposed national funding formula includes an uplift in spending on schools
