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Academy trust鈥檚 PRU was illegal for six years

An academy trust had to register a pupil referral unit as a school after Ofsted found it had been operating illegally as a subsidiary company for six years. The government is now facing growing calls for tougher monitoring of alternative provision and provide more clarity around registration. The Rodillian Academy Trust had run the Southway […]

Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, headteacher, Anderton Park primary school, Birmingham

Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson’s desk in Anderton Park primary is strewn with cards from well-wishers across the world. A bunch of flowers in rainbow colours sent by a supporter in Australia are in a vase next to her as she tells me how exhausted she is. It has been nine weeks since protests against her inner Birmingham […]

May wants to make school spending announcement before she leaves

Theresa May wants to announce a “multibillion programme” to overhaul schools before she leaves office, it has been reported. The Financial Times claims the prime minister has urged the chancellor for a three-year school funding settlements, with more money for failing schools, teacher training and a review of the way the schools budget is allocated […]

DfE sets up group to explore benefits of AI in the classroom

Ministers have launched a new group to explore the benefits artificial intelligence can bring to the classroom. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said the impact of AI technologies in the classroom “still remains largely unevidenced”, and wants to find out more about how it can help schools. Responding to a written parliamentary question from the […]

RSC ‘chaos’ is hampering school improvement, warn Northern Powerhouse leaders

The government is hampering improvement in school effectiveness in the north of England, the leaders of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership have warned MPs. Lord Jim O’Neill, a former Treasury minister and vice-chair of the NPP and Henri Murison, the organisation’s director, warned of problems with the government’s opportunity areas programme and “chaos” in the regional schools […]

Johnson’s school funding pledge amounts to 0.1% increase

Boris Johnson’s pledge to ensure every secondary school in England gets £5,000 per pupil could amount to as little as just under £50 million extra funding – or a 0.1 per cent increase in overall school spending. Writing in the Telegraph, the Tory leadership frontrunner said it was “simply not sustainable that funding per pupil […]

Gove and Johnson make school funding pledges as education becomes key campaign issue

Conservative leadership frontrunners Michael Gove and Boris Johnson have both pledged extra funding for schools – placing the issue front and centre of the campaign to replace Theresa May. Gove, the former education secretary, said he will spend £1 billion extra on schools if he becomes prime minister, while Johnson, the ex-foreign secretary and mayor […]

Former primary head and education adviser appointed as interim RSCs

A former primary school head and an ex-Downing Street education adviser have been appointed as interim regional schools commissioners. Dame Kate Dethridge will replace Martin Post in north west London and south central England in August, and Katherine Cowell will take the post in the north of England in July, replacing Janet Renou. Both Post […]