Dan Worth

1 week ago | tes.com | Dan Worth

International schools group GEMS Education has appointed former UK foreign secretary Lord Hague as an honorary patron of GEMS School of Research and Innovation in the latest high-profile appointment for the group. The school, which GEMS is touting as a new “flagship” setting, will open in Dubai in August and Lord Hague’s role will involve supporting its “launch and strategic positioning”, including attracting teaching talent and driving innovation.

1 month ago | tes.com | Dan Worth

The Council of British International Schools (Cobis) has updated its Accreditation and Compliance Standards with a particular focus on seeking more information on school efforts aroundDiversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging (DEIJB). The organisation, which has so far accredited nearly 250 schools worldwide under the scheme, said it wanted to recognise the “growing importance of DEIJB within the international education sector” and so expand the scope of what schools should provide.

1 month ago | tes.com | Dan Worth

Two major international school groups have announced acquisitions this week in markedly different spaces, but each underlines the ongoing growth and consolidation in the market. Firstly, International Schools Partnership (ISP) announced that it had acquired Colégio Progresso, an organisation formed of six schools in Brazil that educates over 5,500 students in five cities: Campinas, Indaiatuba, Vinhedo, Itu and Santos.

1 month ago | tes.com | Dan Worth

Last September, the co-chairs of the Headteachers’ Roundtable (HTRT), Caroline Barlow and Keziah Featherstone, found themselves asking a big question: “What’s our purpose?”The root of this self-reflection was the realisation that the approaching school year was the first one in HTRT’s existence that would not take place under a Conservative government.

1 month ago | tes.com | Dan Worth

In the last nine years, the gap between disadvantaged pupils and pupils not known to be disadvantaged who met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2 Sats has never been any narrower than 19 per cent. Furthermore, while some progress had been made in increasing the overall number of disadvantaged pupils hitting the expected standard, the pandemic set back progress - and, although it is slowly climbing again, it is still a lowly 46 per cent.