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January 13, 2017 at 12:24AM A Cumbrian academy trust with just two schools has been warned over its finances and had its spending powers restricted – becoming the latest in a growing list of primary-only trusts to run into difficulties. The Building Futures Enterprise Academy Trust, sponsor of Tebay Primary and Yanwath Primary schools in
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January 12, 2017 at 10:10PM It’s hard to have a discussion about learning without someone sooner or later chipping in with the Russian developmental psychologist, Lev Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development (ZDP) to support their position. This might, in part, be because Vygotsky is one of the very few theorists covered in many teachers’ training, but
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January 12, 2017 at 01:21PM I once cried on the tube in London. Tears dripped down my face, an inconsolable stream barely contained by my wet hands. I no longer remember what I was crying about. But I do remember the kindness of a hunched Nigerian woman, dressed in her Sunday best, who from her
We can see mentally ill pupils, but what do we do? Read More »
January 12, 2017 at 01:21PM An academy has been renamed in recognition of its millionaire sponsor, just months after it was put in special measures and is possibly facing rebrokerage. The Business Academy Bexley has changed its name to the Garrard academy to recognise the support of sponsor Sir David Garrard, a retired property tycoon
Flagship academy re-named after sponsors despite slipping into special measures Read More »
January 12, 2017 at 01:21PM Schools in Norfolk have paid more than £500,000 in “conversion costs” to their local authority to become academies, Schools Week can reveal. The charges cover almost the entire estimated cost to the council of legal and financial work during the conversion. But in other parts of the country schools paid
Norfolk council rakes in £500,000 from academy conversion fees Read More »
January 12, 2017 at 01:21PM Damning improvement notices for dozens of failing private schools will now be published online by the government, a year after Schools Week first requested and revealed the figures. The disclosure comes as new figures show the number of independent schools rapped for poor performance is increasing. The government said publishing
Notices to failing private schools to be made public by government Read More »