Academies Free schools update ‘later this year’, and 3 other things we learned from ministers The education secretary and her team answered MPs’ questions in Parliament today Jack Dyson 11h Jack Dyson 11h Ofsted Exclusive Small schools demand Ofsted clarity over report card impact Inspectors will conduct three learning walks on the first day of inspections and hold at least five ‘reflection meetings’… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d School buildings End of PFI contracts ‘could cost schools £4bn’ Experts warn the ‘scale is huge and stakes are very high’ as scores of contracts due to end Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Exams Skills white paper to confirm V-levels and GCSE re-sit ‘stepping stones’ New vocational courses will be the size of an A-level and replace existing alternatives to T-levels Freddie Whittaker 1d Anviksha Patel 1d Exams Exclusive Cyber-attacks, exam fees and digital vision…meet the new head of Cambridge OCR Myles McGinley talks to Schools Week about his hopes for the future of curriculum and assessment Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Ofsted Ofsted chief calls for new state school standards ‘enshrined in law’ Sir Martyn Oliver says new legislation would ‘stop Ofsted from tinkering’ and ‘deciding to do something new’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Ofsted Ofsted inspections of MATs should be ungraded, says CST Confederation of School Trusts (CST) gives its feedback on plans for academy trust inspections Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Sponsored post Sponsored Helping every learner use AI responsibly AI didn’t wait to be invited into the classroom. It burst in mid-lesson. Across UK schools, pupils are already… SWAdvertorial 4d Pearson 4d School readiness Exclusive Wanted: Experts to help raise ‘school readiness’ Government to recruit experts to support new local leads in early maths, language and development Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Academies Exclusive More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow Seventy-five trusts – one with a deficit of almost £6 million – raised concerns about their ability to continue… Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d Curriculum Profile ‘I dream the curriculum every night’: leading education’s toughest brief After 14 months heading the government’s curriculum review, Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise – and finding the right… John Dickens 4d John Dickens 4d News White paper plan for schools to be part of a ‘group’ Officials working on plan to encourage all schools to join a group, sources told Schools Week John Dickens 4d John Dickens 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,004 Older
