Progress8

20.10.18 by

...and fewer pupils eligible for free school meals

The top ten mainstream state-funded schools in England based on...

Inclusion, Academies

20.10.18 by

One, Robert Owen Academy, closed permanently in August

43% of free schools which entered pupils for GCSEs in 2018 had a...

Free schools, Progress8

27.09.18 by

If free schools were aimed at empowering parents then they've failed

‘The very basis of the free school programme is to...

Academies, Free schools

25.09.18 by

Free schools ‘best means’ of addressing rising school numbers, says NSN

The need for more school places is best met by...

Free schools, Policy

29.08.18 by

Rise in number of disappearing KS4 pupils

Off-rolling, whereby secondary schools exclude pupils likely to lower an...

Teaching, School culture

25.07.18 by

Zero-tolerance risks exclusions for minor incidents

It’s reasonable for schools to have ‘zero-tolerance’ policies towards...

Teaching, School culture

10.07.18 by

Consider these quotes from this recent Guardian article .

The system is now pushing schools and their heads to prioritise “the interests...

Teaching, School types

19.06.18 by

This year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.

Thirty years ago this summer the Great...

School culture, Inclusion

03.06.18 by

The ‘north/south attainment gap’ claimed to exist by The Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, the DfE, the National Schools Commissioner...

Teaching, Other

31.05.18 by

‘Free schools have largely been set up in areas with a need for more school places,’ research * from NFER and Sutton Trust shows. It’s good news...

Free schools, Policy

10.05.18 by

I have received this response from The Sutton Trust to my article questioning the ‘attainment gap’ .

Research by John Goldthorpe has...

Teaching, Other

03.05.18 by

Former Education Secretary Justine Greening has been speaking at the Sutton Trust .

Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...

Teaching, School leadership

14.04.18 by

Ofsted plans to ‘analyse inspection intervals’ for outstanding schools seem to have been shelved.

In July, the Ofsted Board meeting...

Policy, Conservative

24.03.18 by

The New Schools Network (NSN) ‘has worked with two-thirds of the 691 free schools that have opened or been approved to open so far and the charity...

Free schools, Policy

10.03.18 by

Conservatives are ignoring the ‘huge success right before their nose,’ wrote Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph earlier this month.

And what...

Academies, Comprehensive schools

06.03.18 by

Teachers at flagship free school Michaela Community School (MCS) fear they will be ‘harmed’ by pupils from other schools, recent accounts* reveal...

Teaching, School culture

19.02.18 by

Theresa May’s speech on university tuition fee reform omitted one salient fact : it was the Coalition government which raised fees to up to £9k...

School types, Academies

13.02.18 by

‘One in four children go to failing secondary schools,’ says the New Schools Network (NSN), the taxpayer funded charity set up to promote free...

Free schools, Policy