Bright Network targets 100,000 students with digital skills academy
100,000 students and recent graduates in the UK are set to receive critical digital skills training in the next five years as part of Bright Network’s new Technology Academy. The overall aim is to create the largest free digital skills training programme for undergraduates and graduates in the UK. Bright Network wants to deliver vital tech skills […]
Government finds £33.5 million to support school improvements
High-performing academy trusts are being encouraged to grow and support more schools across England, supported by £17 million announced by the Education Secretary Damian Hinds. The Trust Capacity Fund will be used by high performing academy trusts to build on rising standards in sponsored academy schools, by ensuring they can provide support to communities and […]
MPs call for academy school overhaul
Parliament’s education committee has urged the Government to overhaul academy schools after many failed to deliver or collapse altogether, similar to the Wakefield City Academies Trust last year, which resulted in it giving up 21 schools that it ran. In a letter to Lord Agnew, Conservative MP Robert Halfon, chair of the committee, said: “We […]