Secondary School Accountability Measures The Department for Education (DfE) notes that it is important to have publicly available data about exam results for transparency and as a starting po... 23rd Apr 2024
Ofsted publishes subject report in to RE Ofsted has published its latest subject report looking at the strengths and weakness of how RE is taught in schools following visits to 50 schools i... 22nd Apr 2024
Devon School Consultation The governing body of Mill Water School is consulting on joining the Special Partnership Trust (SPT). The trust is a partnership of schools and spec... 18th Apr 2024
Strikes? Against the backdrop of the government wishing to see pay for teachers return to ‘more sustainable’ levels school unions have been making their po... 17th Apr 2024
New flexible working guidance New flexible working guidance has just been issued. The new guidance reflects new measures that took effect at the beginning of April to allow employe... 16th Apr 2024
Falling pupil numbers The recently published Education Policy Institute (EPI) research highlights the financial risk to schools due to falling population numbers. It is bei... 15th Apr 2024
Inspiring Governance – funding to end The Department for Education has announced that in September, Inspiring Governance will no longer receive funding to carry out its recruitment and... 28th Mar 2024
Do you publish board diversity information? Schools Week has undertaken analysis of the websites of the largest trusts, as well as a random sample of smaller chains and local authority maintaine... 27th Mar 2024
Support grant criteria change Guidance for any schools wishing to become an academy has been updated. ‘Convert to an academy: guide for schools’ now indicates that from 1 Septe... 26th Mar 2024
Devon receives ‘safety valve’ grant The Department for Education has just released the latest dedicated schools grant very high deficit intervention guidance and Devon Local Authority is... 25th Mar 2024