Private schools

15.05.18 by

The decline in inspection outcomes for non-association, non-special independent schools during the academic year 2016/17 ‘has been quite stark’,...

Private schools, Policy

14.05.18 by

An ‘unspoken selling point’ of the proposed low-cost private school, the Independent Grammar School: Durham (IGSD) ‘is the cachet of attending a...

Free schools, Private schools

12.05.18 by

At last, the Department for Education (DfE) has published its response to the consultation on Schools that Work for Everyone . It’s conveniently...

Teaching, Mixed ability

26.04.18 by

Five challenges face English schools, Robert Halfon, Conservative chair of the Education Select Committee, said yesterday.

He was speaking...

Teachers, Private schools

26.03.18 by

Selective schools have long been associated with higher achievement in exams at 16. This achievement plays a major part in marketing for ‘top’...

Comprehensive schools, Grammar schools

02.12.17 by

The opening of a ‘no-frills’ private school in Durham has been delayed, Schools Week reports. Pre-inspection of the Independent Grammar School (...

Teaching, Private schools

23.11.17 by

A cross-party committee of MPs isn’t convinced the Department for International Development (DFID) acted correctly when it provided grant funding...

Private schools, Policy

09.11.17 by

'When I was a teenager, kids set fire to the Bristol comprehensive* I attended, razing it to the ground. It felt likely they were giving their...

Private schools, Accountability

14.10.17 by

The last Labour manifesto said a Labour government would impose VAT on independent school fees, T he Times wrote on 16 September (behind paywall...

Comprehensive schools, Private schools

06.10.17 by

You, too, can earn millions if you’re a teacher. That’s the message from Mark Steed, director of Dubai-based Jumeirah English Speaking School (...

Teaching, Private schools

16.09.17 by

Yesterday I used the Department for Education schools database, Edubase, to check details of some academies which had changed hands.

Today...

Academies, Faith schools

23.02.17 by

‘ Britain’s first cut-price private school to charge just £52 a week’ .

The Sun , 22 February 2017

The paper outlines a proposal...

Private schools

18.01.17 by

The Department for Education (DfE) was forced to issue a ‘ clarification to the consultation document ’ on proposals in ‘Schools that Work for...

Grammar schools, Private schools

29.11.16 by

Non-association private schools, those fee-paying schools not associated to groups affiliated to the Independent Schools Council ( ISC ), are less...

Private schools, Policy

17.09.16 by

‘How to win the argument against grammar schools’. Sam Freedman, former advisor to Michael Gove, gave an impassioned response at the ResearchEd...

Comprehensive schools, Grammar schools

17.08.16 by

For one month only, 16 August to 16 September 2016, there are five copies of our book, The Truth about Our Schools: Exposing the Myths Exploring...

Teaching, Academies

29.04.16 by

The number of pupils at schools affiliated to the Independent Schools Council ( ISC ) has risen, says the ISC. Pupil numbers in 1,249 schools...

School types, Private schools

18.04.16 by

Two months ago the media was full of research by Durham University which suggested attending a private school equalled two years extra education...

Private schools, GCSEs