Regional schools commissioner Jennifer Bexon-Smith to retire

January 13, 2017 at 07:37PM Jennifer Bexon-Smith, regional schools commissioner for the East Midlands and the Humber, will retire in March after just over two years in the role. Bexon-Smith was previously the executive principal and chief executive of the Tudor Grange Academies Trust in Yorkshire before taking on the task of improving regional school

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Flooded schools need millions to relocate

January 13, 2017 at 01:06PM Schools repeatedly damaged by flooding are mounting multi-million pound bids to move to new sites. The Department for Education will decide in the coming weeks whether or not to provide capital funding to at least two schools that want to move following ongoing problems with water damage. Schools Week understands

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Greening warned tinkering could cause funding formula to “come crashing down”

January 13, 2017 at 01:06PM Justine Greening has been warned that tinkering with the proposed national funding formula to appease senior politicians pressing for a more radical plan could cause it all to “come crashing down”. A handful of Conservative MPs, largely from rural areas, have called for a review of the funding overhaul that

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