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The rate at which pupils are absent from English schools without permission has risen again this year. New data for the autumn of 2017 and spring of 2018 shows the rate of unauthorised absence from primary and secondary schools was 1.2 per cent over the period, up from 1.1 per cent in the same period […]

The proportion of reception pupils reaching a “good” level of development has risen again this year, according to the latest early years foundation stage profile results. In 2018, 71.5 per cent of pupils achieved what the government deems to be a “good level of development”, up from 70.7 per cent last year. The proportion of […]

A former superhead who earned a second salary from a private company contracted by his own academy trust has insisted his business interests were “out there and transparent”, and that he never tried to cover up the deal. Liam Nolan, the former chief executive of the now-defunct Perry Beeches academy trust, denies dishonest conduct and […]

The government has released provisional key stage 4 data this morning that reveals how schools have fared in headline accountability measures. The data includes figures on the new Progress and Attainment 8 measures and also provides an update on EBacc figures. Here are the key findings.   1. Progress 8: Free schools soar as sponsored academies […]

New government data has undermined boasts by the architects of university technical colleges about the “excellent destinations” of their pupils. The Baker Dearing Trust, which backs UTCs, has repeatedly asserted that just 1 per cent of 18-year-olds leaving the 14 to 19 technical schools were not in employment, education or training, or “NEET”. However, according […]

The government is not ruling out legislation to make schools more accountable for the children they place in alternative provision, the education secretary has said. Ahead of a round table meeting about alternative provision at the Centre for Social Justice today, Damian Hinds said a legal mechanism to hold schools to account for permanently excluded […]

Schools that entered large numbers of their pupils for the English computer driving licence have seen their progress scores slump this year after the controversial qualification was removed from national league tables. The average progress 8 score among schools which entered between 90 and 100 per cent of their pupils for the ECDL in 2017 […]

Control of the organisation which runs the Grangewood Independent Primary School in east London has been handed over to new trustees following a Charity Commission investigation. The watchdog froze the bank accounts of the Grangewood Educational Association and appointed interim managers in May following complaints about the charity’s governance and management. The charity, which runs the Forest […]