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3 July 2026

Festival of Education: Live blog from day two

Schools Week brings you the latest from the second day at Wellington College

Schools Week Reporter

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The government’s SEND reforms, exams, school leadership and Ofsted inspections are all on the agenda at day two of the Festival of Education.

Speakers include Ofqual chief regulator Ian Bauckham and senior officials from the Department of Education and Ofsted.

You can catch up on the day one coverage here.

Schools Week will bring you the latest updates from today below…

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