January 21, 2017 at 01:20PM Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Aldridge Education has appointed Brendan Loughran as executive principal of four of its schools in Darwen. He was founding principal at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy (DACA), leading the academy from its inception to an Ofsted rating of good in 2013. Aldridge […]
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January 21, 2017 at 01:20PM The first secondary school to use energy-saving Passivhaus design principles is set to be built for the Harris Federation in south London. Its design could help to reduce costs by 70 to 90 per cent “post-completion” compared with a normal school, Schools Week has learned. Eleven schools in England are
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January 21, 2017 at 08:10AM Theresa May will move on Monday to reassure business leaders that they will not suffer skills shortages as a result of Brexit, when she places expansion of vocational education at the heart of a new proactive industrial strategy. Many businesses worry that the UK’s departure from the single market will
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January 21, 2017 at 12:17AM An American school bus fitted with the latest in digital technology is about to tour the UK. The IDEAS Bus, which launched in November last year, provides demonstrations of the latest technology including virtual reality and 3D printers. It aims to enable educators to stay in touch with the latest
January 20, 2017 at 06:16PM An aspiring polyglot and an ambitious robotics developer are among 42 state school students who will attend some of America’s top universities over the summer. The Sutton Trust US Programme encourages academically talented British pupils from low and middle income families to consider studying at a university in America. The
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January 20, 2017 at 01:15PM More headteachers are opting to arm school crossing patrol officers with body cameras to clamp down on dangerous driving during the school run. Harlands primary school in west Sussex last week became the latest school to allow their patrol officer to record incidents and capture evidence of abuse. The decision
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January 20, 2017 at 01:15PM An academy that racked up a £1.3 million deficit last year is now facing closure, but only after the government stepped in over an “inadequate” Ofsted. The Education Fellowship Trust (EFT) has been issued with a termination warning notice for Wrenn school in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, by Martin Post, the regional
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