January 17, 2017 at 01:26PM A “top-performing” trust handed extra government cash to takeover failing schools must now focus on transforming two of its own academies after they were put in special measures. The Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) was handed some of a £5 million government fund to set up academy hubs in underperforming

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January 17, 2017 at 08:24AM The government will extend its ‘opportunity areas’ programme to fund schools and councils in six more places – claiming it will help “define a new role” for Britain as it leaves the European Union. Ministers will widen the scheme to include Bradford, Doncaster, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, Hastings, Ipswich, and Stoke-on-Trent. Schools and

January 17, 2017 at 08:24AM The Chartered College of Teaching has today officially opened its doors for new members to join. The college, headed by Dame Alison Peacock, pledges to place research and evidence “at the heart of learning” for teachers. It costs £39 to join for an introductory period, with wider membership “following soon”.