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The national body for governors has welcomed an academy chain’s decision to make public its plans to scrap local governing bodies – claiming other trusts have already done the same without being “honest” about it. It was revealed earlier today that E-ACT is to scrap its governing bodies in favour of “academy ambassadorial advisory bodies”. […]

Schools are being urged to teach skills linked to the ‘extraversion’ personality trait so that disadvantaged children are not left behind in the jobs market. A report published today by the Sutton Trust found that assertive, talkative and enthusiastic adults are more likely to come from privileged backgrounds. But the report “A Winning Personality” – […]

A new commission will be launched today to examine the cause and effects of inequality in schools. The Social Market Foundation’s (SMF) Commission on Inequality in Education will be led by former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. He will be joined on the commission by Conservative MP Suella Fernandes – who also sits on the […]

Two separate groups opposing the government’s decision to allow a Kent grammar school to “expand” have announced today they will not push for a judicial review. The decision comes days after Schools Week reported the Department for Education (DfE) refused to confirm whether it holds the controversial application from the Weald of Kent grammar to […]

A petition calling on education ministers to rethink scrapping GCSE and A-level ICT has fallen on deaf ears after the government reiterated its intent for pupils to take computing science instead. Schools Week revealed in November that schools minister Nick Gibb had pulled the plug on redeveloping information communications technology. The decision – buried on […]

A Kent primary school has become the first of next year’s free school cohort to be delayed over site problems. The decision to delay Bishop Chavasse Primary Free School comes less than 12 months after Kent County Council was given nearly £100m of government funds to meet a “significant increase” in demand for places. It […]

The Department for Education (DfE) has been ordered to reveal how much it paid new academy sponsors to takeover failing schools, after a 12-month legal battle concluded in favour of transparency campaigners. Department officials originally refused to reveal the cost of rebrokering 23 academies, from September 2013 to October 2014, because it said the information […]

Academy sponsors are being invited to bid for a slice of the remaining £5 million cash pot to improve northern schools – with more hubs in the pipeline. Nicky Morgan announced in November the five academy sponsors given half of a £10 million war chest to drive up standards, including setting up seven new academy […]

Teachers need to be as clued up on religion as they are on English and maths, a major new report has claimed today. The Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life has published the findings of its two-year investigation today which calls for an urgent overhaul of public policy on religion. The report dedicates […]