3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (189+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Recent conversations about teacher professionalism have rightly returned to the idea of agency: teachers as informed, ethical decision-makers rather than passive deliverers of policy. This feels particularly urgent in the current inspection climate,…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (187+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article It is clear that increasing inclusion in mainstream schools is a central pillar of the government's proposed reforms. Underpinned by a "1. 6 billion "inclusive mainstream fund, this will be paid directly to schools for…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (187+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article A government-backed pilot turnaround trust for Catholic schools will morph into one of England's biggest " as church bosses say 70-strong MATs are "becoming the norm. The St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust is…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (750+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article The "320 million PE and sport premium for primary schools will be scrapped in favour of a new "partnerships network" with around 40 per cent less annual funding. Ministers said last year they would review…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (179+ words) Founder and chair, Forum Strategy Upgrade to premium to save this article "Begin by answering this question in a single, memorable sentence: Why do you get up in the morning?" writes Dan Buettner in his defining book, The Blue Zones:…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (426+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Rule changes made after the requirement for all new schools to be academies was binned don't make sense, trust leaders have said. The passage of Labour's schools bill earlier this month saw the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (172+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Cash-starved councils lack the manpower or even enough available schools to launch their own multi-academy trusts (MATs), ministers have been warned. Labour will start taking applications from local authorities to open their own…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (704+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article Education giant Pearson has apologised after errors in its digital GCSE computer science exam. Pupils sat the second paper of Pearson Edexcel's on-screen computer science GCSE on Tuesday afternoon. But two of the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (147+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article When Carole Bennett's teacher training was complete, she searched high and low for a job in Leeds. It was the early 1990s, and she was up against 270 candidates for every one teaching position. In…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (533+ words) Upgrade to premium to save this article A troubled academy trust saddled with an over "8 million deficit is set to be carved up in one of the largest-ever MAT closures. Schools Week previously revealed how the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership…...