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The New Schools Network handed its former director Toby Young a £55,000 payoff when he resigned earlier this year, according to the charity’s accounts. Documents published today show Young was paid in the £150,000 to £160,000 band in the 2017-18 financial year, much more than the usual salary of £90,000 to £100,000 for the role. […]

The government has missed its own teacher training targets in most EBacc subjects this year, new data shows. Initial teacher training census data released today shows the government only met its postgraduate trainee recruitment targets in biology, English and history. The target for primary teachers was also reached, but only just. The government missed its […]

More than one in three school pupils who applied to university this year received some kind of unconditional offer to study, new analysis from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows. The organisation, which presides over university applications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has revised up its figures for the number of pupils given […]

Former government adviser and Policy Exchange head of education Jonathan Simons has joined the policy and PR consultancy Public First. Simons will lead education and social policy work at the firm, which was set up by former Department for Education chief spin doctor James Frayne and New Schools Network founder Rachel Wolf. The move marks […]

Ofsted should save its coveted ‘outstanding’ rating for schools which excel in creative and technical teaching in an effort to stop arts subjects being squeezed out, a charity has said. The Edge Foundation wants the watchdog to limit the top inspection grade to schools “that are able to demonstrate excellence in creative and technical teaching as […]

Large numbers of examiners aren’t happy with the system currently used to standardise their marking, a new report from Ofqual has revealed. The exams regulator surveyed thousands of examiners about online standardisation, which is used to ensure consistency in exam marking. Although most examiners were “at least quite happy” with online standardisation, there were “a […]

The school funding system will “implode” if next year’s spending review does not address pressures in SEND funding, a council education boss has warned. Dave Hill, executive director of children, families and learning at Surrey County Council, told the parliamentary education committee this morning that England is “close to a national crisis” on SEND funding. […]

Harrop Fold, the Salford secondary school that featured in the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester, has been placed in special measures by Ofsted. Although the report from inspectors who visited the school at the end of last month has not yet been published, the outcome has been announced by Salford Council. The school will […]