红桃影视

The Department for Education will consult on plans to bring the transparency of spending in local authority maintained schools in line with that of academies, it has been announced. The government will shortly publish a consultation “to address the disparity between transparency of financial reporting in local authority schools and academies”, a spokesperson said. Ministers […]

Fifty-four thousand fewer pupils are now learning in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’-rated schools than were two years ago, the Department for Education has said. The government has today published an “ad-hoc notice” on school inspection outcomes, which reveals the number of pupils in schools with the top two Ofsted grades stood at 6,731,000 as of March […]

Lord Agnew, the academies minister, has pledged to look at whistleblowing procedures for academy trusts to ensure those who report foul play are protected. Answering questions in the House of Lords about the financial arrangements and auditing of academy trusts, Agnew told peers that whistleblowers “play an important part in the regulation of the system”, […]

Twenty-eight per cent of teachers believe their school is not ready to teach new relationships and sex education lessons, which become compulsory next year. A poll of more than 2,000 teachers by the NSPCC children’s charity and National Education Union also found 47 per cent half lack confidence in their own ability to deliver the […]

Sixty-five per cent of pupils achieved the government’s “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths in this year’s key stage 2 SATs, up from 64 per cent last year, according to interim results published by the government. The results show that the proportion of pupils reaching a scaled score of 100 or more rose in […]

The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2019 key stage 2 tests to achieve the government’s “expected” score. These scores are for the 2019 academic year. For 2022 scores, click here! To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores. But this equates to different marks […]

The vast majority of primary school teachers support a campaign to scrap key stage 2 SATs, the National Education Union has said. The union polled 54,000 of its primary members in a so-called “indicative ballot” on whether they support the NEU campaign for “a sensible alternative to SATs and other high stakes tests”, and received […]

Academy trusts should be prepared to cut executive pay if poor management results in a deterioration of their financial position, the Department for Education has said. The government has issued new guidance on setting executive salaries in academy trusts, in which it sets out the elements trustees should consider when deciding the pay of chief […]