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The right stuff: recruitment special

Schools are adopting a new 'three Rs' as they seek to recruit, reward and retain the best teac...

New principal for St Gabriel's

Richard Smith will take over from Alun Jones as Principal of St Gabriel's, Newbury from Septem...

Nottingham Girls' appoints new head

Julie Keller steps into head's role after Easter holidays as school says farewell to Sue Gorha...

It's not me, it's you

Helen Fraser says women still face unconscious bias during job interviews and shouldn't blame ...

Longer day planned for England's schools

Budget 2016 signals extension to 3.30pm finish, with funding available for extra-curricular ac...

DfE releases Educational Excellence Everywhere whitepaper

Nicky Morgan publishes whitepaper on government vision for next five years

Three schools welcome new faces

Royal Hospital School, King Edward's Witley and Moreton Hall make new senior appointments

Sutton Trust: top careers dominated by privately educated

New research from Sutton Trust shows independent school still the route to top of many profess...

Reigate Grammar perform Alvin Stardust hit on One Show

Seventies classic My Coo Ca Choo makes TV comeback thanks to head of Reigate Grammar School

Arkwright scholarship for Nottingham pupil

Second Nottingham Girls' High School student wins national engineering scholarship

Perfect score wins national maths challenge for second year

Four students from King Edward's Birmingham joint winners of Senior Team Maths Challenge

Tell me Moreton

The new head of STEM at Moreton Hall has big plans for the future

BCS appoints new head

Russell Slatford takes the reins at Bournemouth Collegiate School, part of United Learning

Are state schools becoming a threat to the private sector?

Good Schools Guide founder says 'massively improved' maintained schools drive parents away fro...

New headmaster appointed at Beeston Hall

Beeston Hall School announces the appointment of Fred de Falbe as Headmaster from September

New test for Cambridge admissions

Students looking to start university in 2017 will face new written tests in Cambridge applicat...

New head of MFL at King Edward's Witley

King Edward's Witley announces a new Head of Modern Languages, Andrew Baynes

Levelling the playing field in careers guidance

Government proposes new law to teach pupils about apprenticeships as well as university educat...

New Golders Green girls' school appoints headteacher

Laura Martin will be first Headteacher of St. Anthony's School for Girls

St Swithun's pupil designs key to supersonic car

Year 10 pupil wins British Army competition to design a key for car to break land speed record...

Wellington alumni awarded MBE

Former pupil at Wellington School was awarded an MBE for Services to Education in New Year Hon...

Another senior appointment for Maynard

Newly-appointed Head of Pre-Prep at the Maynard says she can't wait to start

A classy address

Assemblies still have an important role to play in school life, says Hilary Moriarty

ISC Annual Census opens next week

Don't forget to participate in the census, which opens on 21 January

New Year honours for Bedford Modern

Sally Peck receives OBE and Richard Groom is awarded MBE in 2016 honours list

Warwick appoints new Junior School Headmaster

Guy Canning, Headmaster of Warwick Junior School will be retiring after 12 successful years

Education unions: funding cuts will hit teacher quality

Reductions in funding and erosion of teacher pay is undermining standards, say unions in STRB ...

Corbyn: private schools should share facilities

Labour says independents should open facilities and help with university admissions and career...

Britain's education workers are on the move in 2016

More than a third of those working in the UK education sector will be looking for new jobs thi...

New head appointed at The Maynard School

Sarah Dunn will take the reins from September 2016

Ofqual figures show spike in exam appeals

Exam regulator reveals over 90,000 grades were changed in 2015, almost triple the number in 20...

Independent schools' alumni relations growing

UK independent schools are following universities' footsteps by turning their attention to alu...

Maynard headmistress scoops Teacher of the Year Award

Pride of Exeter Awards recognises Bee Hughes for achievements since 2009 appointment

Three more headmaster appointments for 2016

Barrow Hills, Loughborough Grammar School and Bancroft's to welcome new leadership next year

Annual assessment

Some of the sector's leading figures spoke with IE to examine the implications of a successful...

FHS Regent's Park appoints new head

Charles Fillingham will start at Francis Holland School in January 2016

Head responds to divisive #teachersmake recruitment ad

Following Government teacher recruitment ad, Elms Junior School head says we should 'value tea...

Autumn Statement: DfE plans for future of education

Chancellor spending review reveals plans for DfE budget over the course of this Parliament

Prince Edward visits Bolton School

HRH The Earl of Wessex learns more about Bolton's Duke of Edinburgh programme as part of Cente...

Withington annnounces new headmistress

Withington announces current Deputy Head, Sarah Haslam, will become the school's eleventh head...