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A leaked government plan for post-Brexit immigration has revealed tougher rules which, if implemented, will worsen the current teacher shortage. The draft Home Office memo was leaked to the Guardian and published in full yesterday, and sets out plans for a new visa system that would deny all but the “most skilled” workers from the EU […]

A former academy headteacher who defrauded his school of £100,000, had sex in his office and drank alcohol in school, has pleaded guilty to fraud and misconduct in public office. Sawtry Village Academy in Cambridgeshire has spoken out for the first time about the crimes of its former principal James Stewart, and its ex-vice-principal Alan […]

The Department for Education is advertising for “school improvement” roles at a regional schools commissioner’s office, a move that many will view as replicating the function of local authorities within central government. Two experts are being recruited – one for academy school improvement and another on trust development – to work in the Sheffield office […]

The Education Central Multi Academy Trust has been ordered to improve its teaching and school improvement “urgently”, after Ofsted rated half of its schools as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’. The ECMAT trust is run by the University of Wolverhampton and operates 13 schools, of which 12 have been inspected so far. Six of these were […]

Schools are unsure what they should teach their media studies pupils this term, following delays to the sign-off of new exams. Several new A-level media specifications that are due to be taught for the first time this year have only been accredited by Ofqual in the last few weeks, and one is still awaiting sign-off. […]

The National Education Union officially comes into being today, with more than 450,000 members from schools and colleges across the UK. Made up of members of the National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturers, it is the largest education union in Europe and the fourth largest trade union in the UK. This […]

The exams regulator will review the rules that govern how teachers are involved in writing and reviewing exam papers, in the wake of a cheating scandal that has rocked several of England’s most famous private schools and has led to pupils having their results nullified. Ofqual will look at the safeguards that are put in place […]

The government has revealed the key stage 2 attainment and progress scores schools will have to achieve to avoid falling “below the floor”. In 2017, a school will be above the floor if at least 65 per cent of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2, or if it […]

The government is under pressure to guarantee free meals for poorer children during the school holidays, and school facilities are expected to be in demand under proposed new laws. A draft law to force councils to provide the meals already has the support of more than 110 cross-party MPs, and will be introduced by the […]