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Two senior civil servants have been appointed as regional schools commissioners – seemingly signalling the end of school leaders being appointed to the roles. Hannah Woodhouse, a deputy director in the office of the south west RSC Lisa Mannall will replace her boss on September 1. Claire Burton, a former chief executive of the Standards […]

The exam board AQA will replace four exam papers already sent to schools after a batch was stolen. Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the disappearance of a package containing AS sociology papers 1 and 2, GCSE French reading, foundation and higher tier and GCSE French writing, foundation and higher tier. The […]

The government’s long-awaited review of exclusions has finally been published today. The Timpson review, carried out by former children’s minister Edward Timpson, was supposed to be published last year but has been heavily delayed. The review made 30 recommendations for the government to consider, and the education secretary Damian Hinds has confirmed he accepts them […]

A leading former prosecutor has been appointed by Birmingham council to mediate between two sides in a dispute over LGBT relationships education. Nazir Afzal, a former chief prosecutor for the north west of England and Crown Prosecution Lead on child sexual abuse, offered his help in a Schools Week interview last month, claiming it was […]

England must not “short-change” a generation of young people at a time of political chaos, a headteachers’ union leader will warn today. In his keynote speech to the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers, general secretary Paul Whiteman will tell delegates that “whatever the outcome” of Brexit, “we will need the best […]

Labour will not make the chief executives of multi-academy trusts redundant if it wins power, a shadow education minister said. Tracy Brabin, the shadow early years minister, reassured school leaders at the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers today that they won’t lose their jobs at the top of academy chains under […]

The early years curriculum should be revised to improve guidance on teaching science, an academic has said, after a study found younger children can understand abstract scientific concepts through guided experiments. A recent study conducted with five and six-year-olds in Greece found they were able to understand the concept of change in the state of […]

Heads and teachers face a barrage of abuse and threats of violence from parents, with some reporting having been threatened with an axe and others with police markers on their houses. Delegates at the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers spoke today of a “constant barrage of comments about professional decisions” on […]