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The Department for Education (finally) published its annual accounts yesterday. As expected, it wasn’t good news. The government’s spending watchdog said the accounts lacked “truth and fairness”. You can read the background on why they were submitted late here. Schools Week has taken a forensic look at what the rest of the accounts tell us… […]

A council in England has sought reassurances over the safety of its PFI schools that were built by the same firm behind the collapsed school in Scotland. Leicester City Council said it has been reassured that 20 of its schools built under private finance initiatives are safe, but has said it is keeping the situation “under […]

A new report published today has delved into the data to try and determine whether academies get better results than local authority-maintained schools. Schools Week has the pulled out the key findings. The government’s announcement last month that all schools must convert has thrust the question of whether academies get better results firmly back in […]

The Department for Education has today appointed a new regional schools commissioner (RSC) to take over from Sir David Carter after his promotion. Rebecca Clark, national education director and South West regional director for Oasis Community Learning, will take on the RSC role for the South West of England. Clark – once the youngest headteacher […]

Teaching pupils “real-world” maths skills like estimating the cost of gas bills will be tested under new trials to gauge if they improve maths results. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has today announced six new trials to find out how best to raise attainment. One of the trials will evaluate the Maths in Context programme […]

The country’s largest council, located in a key election battleground, has passed a motion rejecting the government’s plan to turn all schools into academies. Birmingham City Council last night publicly vowed to oppose several policies listed in the government’s white paper, including the government’s intention to force all remaining local authority-maintained schools to convert into […]

An education charity has announced it will step away from providing school improvement services for a county council so teaching schools can instead lead the way. The CfBT Education Trust has run school support services for Lincolnshire County Council since 2002 – including helping schools in difficulties. But the trust’s contract with the council will […]

Junior schools minister Lord Nash has today announced that all academies will be expected to set up “parent councils”. It appears to be the latest government attempt to calm concerns after ministers announced they will scrap the parent governor role under plans to turn all schools into academies. It has become one of the more […]

The government is facing a £1.1bn funding blackhole to fulfill its pledge of converting every school into an academy, new analysis by Labour suggests. Figures published in response to a Parliamentary Question from Labour’s Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham, reveal the government spent £323m to convert nearly 5,000 schools since 2010. That works out at an […]