School Day | Department for Education | Written Answers All schools have the autonomy to decide the structure and duration of their school day, which includes the flexibility to decide when the
Teachers: Training | Department for Education | Written Answers Decisions relating to teachers’ professional development rests with schools, headteachers, and teachers.
Teachers: Qualifications | Department for Education | Written Answers For religious education, 24.2% of hours taught in all state funded secondary schools and academies, were taught by a teacher without a re
Religion: Education | Department for Education | Written Answers All state funded schools are required by legislation or by their funding agreements to teach religious education (RE) to all registered p
Teachers: Training | Department for Education | Written Answers Providing the best possible initial teacher training (ITT) is the focus of the Department’s drive to improve teaching standards.
Teachers: Pay | Department for Education | Written Answers In July the Department announced that it was accepting the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendation in full for a 2.75% uplift
Languages: Education | Department for Education | Written Answers The Department wants to see more pupils taking a language GCSE.
Schools: Staff | Department for Education | Written Answers There were 66 teachers recorded with a salary of over £150,000 in the November 2018 school workforce census; all were in head or executiv
Schools: Transport | Department for Education | Written Answers Local authorities have a statutory duty under Section 508B of the Education Act 1996 to make arrangements for free home to school travel
Teachers: Pay Settlements | Department for Education | Written Answers The Government has accepted the School Teachers' Review Body’s recommendations in full to uplift the minima and maxima of all pay ranges