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School-led providers now urged to stop recruiting in PE under new government system

The government’s controversial new teacher training recruitment system has now kicked into action for school-led routes as they reach the 75 per cent minimum level for PE teachers. Providers were emailed last night and informed the total number of trainees required for PE is close to being hit. School-led routes have reached the 75 per […]

Bomb scare closes two Norwich schools

Two Norwich schools run by the Inspiration Trust had to close today after a bomb threat. Police are investigating after hundreds of pupils at Hewett Academy and Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form were evacuated at around midday. Norfolk police said: “Investigations are ongoing to determine the legitimacy surrounding the threat however as a precaution the […]

Consultation launched on inspection plans for unregistered religious schools

Institutions that educate children for more than six hours a week would face Ofsted inspections and could be shut down if they are found to be flouting safeguarding laws, a new consultation document has proposed today. Prime minister David Cameron announced last month that out-of-school institutions teaching intolerance would be “shut down”, highlighting madrassas, Sunday […]

Series of failings uncovered at religious independent schools after Ofsted steps in

Nearly four in five religious independent schools formerly inspected by the discredited Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI) have been rated as inadequate or requires improvement by Ofsted. The education watchdog has today released the findings of its inspections into 22 independent schools previously under BSI. Ofsted stepped in to inspect the schools after BSI lost its […]

New members join teacher pay review body

Three new members have joined the body tasked with recommending pay levels and working times for teachers. The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) provides independent advice to the government on the pay and conditions of teachers and school leaders. It was announced today Philippa Hird and Sir Robert Burgess have been appointed as members for […]

Majority of school leaders face cutting staff in the next year to balance books

More than half of school leaders face making staff redundant in the next 12 months under “severe” financial pressures, a new survey has found. The 2015 School Leaders Survey – published today by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and law firm Browne Jacobson – found the majority of schools (55 per cent) […]