Growing numbers of academy leaders, many of them responsible for only a handful of schools, now earn more than £200,000 a year. In one case a headteacher at a single academy trust is now paid £220,000, while an associate head at the same trust is on £145,000. A Schools Week investigation also revealed two chief […]
Meet the £200k-per-year academy chiefs who look after just a handful of schools Read More »
Twenty-three academy trusts breached funding rules last year when they made payments of more than £4 million to companies related to members of their staff or trustees. For the first time, Schools Week can reveal who the trusts are and the 26 transactions in which they failed to show they were fully compliant with rules
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My memory of early evening, Friday November 14, 2003, is hazy. My brain seems to think it was raining, and a Met Office report concurs. “Bands of heavy rain and showers were carried on gale-force south-westerly winds.” I’m pretty sure that a meeting I attended in the late afternoon took place after dark. A quick
Beware John Blake, the “Red rebel” with great influence Read More »
A culture of immoral behaviour is thriving at our universities. But these are publicly funded institutions – and must be held to account On the face of it, ethics in academia have transformed over the past few decades – most, if not all, universities now have ethics committees to oversee the quality of research. Yet
Unethical academics are making a mockery of our education system Read More »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/02/03/academies-should-made-take-excluded-children-officials-say2/
Academies should be made to take in excluded children, officials say Read More »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/02/03/top-uk-school-opens-new-international-branch-dubai/
Top UK school opens new international branch in Dubai Read More »
Northern schools need urgent attention, says first Northern Powerhouse Partnership report.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38854271
Northern Powerhouse report: Schools need urgent attention Read More »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/02/03/top-academy-boss-paid-420000-last-year-new-analysis-reveals/
A superhead who was banned from teaching for life over her expenses can now return to the classroom after a government disciplinary panel ruled that a prohibition order against her be set aside. Jo Shuter was banned for life in 2014 after a misconduct hearing into expenses claimed at London’s Quintin Kynaston School, but was
‘Superhead’ Jo Shuter has teaching ban overturned Read More »
Financial pressure means "you lose and lack quality", says global rankings leader.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38854276
Tight budgets harm standards, says world school ranking boss Read More »