by Chris Rogers | 16 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Government will announce that around 100 top head teachers are to be parachuted into struggling schools. Schools Minister David Laws has said that the best headteachers will be offered more pay to raise education standards in the toughest schools. The policy was...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Addressing the North of England Education Conference in Nottingham, Ofsted Chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said that teachers should stop presenting themselves as “victims”. The head of the education watchdog warned it undermined the profession if teachers were...
by Chris Rogers | 15 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Independent has reported that Labour is set to pledge to stop state schools employing unqualified teachers. Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt is expected to make the announcement at the North of England Education Conference today. Education Secretary...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Department for Education has published new guidance which calls for new governors to only be appointed if they can prove they have the necessary skills and experience to raise school standards. Guidance states that school governing bodies should contain members...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Following a series of Freedom of Information requests, The Guardian has reported that at least 9 chains of academy schools are paying millions of pounds to businesses associated with their directors and trustees. The schools involved are not accused of having broken...
