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16 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Character education awards 2016: Who are the winners and why were they picked?

The government has unveiled the winners of this year’s character education awards. Nine regional awards worth £15,000 and one national award with a £20,000 prize are handed out every year to schools, youth projects and pupil referral units which demonstrate commitment to the government’s character education aims. Here are this year’s winners…   Thorseby Primary School, Hull – […]

Skills shake-up won’t stop schools offering A-levels and BTECs

A planned overhaul of post-16 education won’t stop schools offering A-levels and vocational courses like BTECs together, the author of a government review has said. Lord Sainsbury (above right) has told Schools Week that a shake-up prompted by his inquiry into technical education in England would not prevent schools from offering BTEC and other “applied […]

Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary

Angela Rayner has a constituent named Dave who calls her “Boudicca” in his emails. “It’s because I’m fiery and tenacious and stand in the face of danger,” the new shadow education secretary tells me, as she poses for a photo near the statue of the Celtic queen opposite Westminster’s Portcullis House. Rayner has been “squatting” […]

Fury over Spielman rejection ramped up by Morgan aide鈥檚 letter

Education heavyweights have today publicly backed Amanda Spielman to be the next Ofsted chief inspector after a cross-party group of MPs rejected her appointment. Among those who have publicly announced their support for Spielman this morning are Sir David Carter, the schools commissioner, and Sean Harford, Ofsted’s national director of education. Schools Week also learned […]

Pupil absence fines soar, but smaller proportion lead to prosecution

The number of fines issued to parents for unauthorised absences of their children at school has increased almost five-fold in the last five years, but a smaller proportion are being prosecuted for failing to pay. Figures released today by the Department for Education show that 151,125 fines were issued in 2014/15, compared to 53,370 in […]

Amanda Spielman rejected by cross-party MPs for Ofsted chief inspector role

The House of Commons education committee has rejected the government’s proposal that Amanda Spielman become the next chief inspector of Ofsted. But Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has signalled her belief that her candidate is still “the best person” for the job. Spielman, chair of Ofqual, was named on June 10 as the government’s preferred […]

Teachers’ pay scales rise by 1% but ‘significantly higher’ increase needed

Teachers’ pay scales will shift by just 1 per cent from September, but government advisers have warned of the need for a “significantly higher” rise before 2020. Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has announced that she intends to accept a recommendation from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) that the lower and upper ends of […]

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England and Wales from September 2016

Nicky Morgan has said she intends to accept the recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body on teachers’ pay. They have recommended a 1 per cent uplift at the lowest and highest ends of the scales, despite admitting there is “a case” for a higher rise. Here are the new pay ranges, effective from September 2016…   […]

Teachers’ strike disrupts a third of schools but only 12 per cent closed

About a third of schools in England were fully or partially closed as a result of a walkout of teachers today, the government has revealed. The Department for Education has confirmed that 11.9 per cent of schools were closed and 21.4 per cent were only partially open, based on data for about 94 per cent of schools […]