Attendance

ASCL president urges ‘change of tone’ as parental disputes drive absence

Politicians and commentators ‘far too quick to take potshots at schools’, says trust CEO John Camp

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Tutoring: Another £1m saved as mentor scheme axed early

Demand has dropped for mentors with only a fifth of the target reached last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

AQA to launch free digital maths tests for schools

But England’s largest exam board has delayed plans to introduce on-screen exams

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted explores ‘withholding’ safeguarding failure reports

Move would give schools three months to address issues, paving the way for ‘good’ or better grade

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

The Ofsted ‘big listen’: What school leaders need to know

Sir Martyn Oliver launches wide-ranging consultation in response to coroner’s report into death of headteacher Ruth Perry

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Unions

New ASCL boss strikes optimistic tone as pay battle looms

Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to Schools Week as he prepares to take over at headteachers’ union

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Tribunals

Headteacher unfairly sacked after ‘tapping’ her son’s hand

Head wins tribunal over ‘complex case’ that questions ‘balance between rights of a parent, HR laws and safeguarding rules’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School funding

Post-election spending review leaves schools in dark over funding

The government has not said what will happen to budgets after next March

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Alternative provision

Revealed: The 20 new AP free schools approved by ministers

Leading academy trust secures four alternative provision free schools while others are snubbed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: £105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else

Plus no news on tutoring cash extension suggests ‘curtain has crashed down’ on scheme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

CST calls for policy changes over ‘unsustainable’ parent complaints

Academy body says rise in complaints is putting ‘significant pressure on school leaders’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson