Ed tech

Five changes experts suggest on AI in schools

Fund schools to trial AI, establish a long-term strategy and help teachers spot cheats, say government experts

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
T-levels

T-levels: Schools could be charged more for low pupil numbers

New ‘adaptive pricing model’ will allow exam boards to charge higher fees if projected student numbers fall

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Schools

Keegan approves £6m Dyson school donation

Ministers green-light plans to expand Malmesbury Primary School, despite concerns over ‘severe impact’ on neighbouring settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Ex-Labour education adviser appointed to new Oak board

Seven-strong permanent board at controversial arms-length body appointed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

School leaders to get Ofsted support under ‘Caversham Covenant’

Heads in Southampton will get help to deal with ‘the strains of Ofsted’ in new scheme named after Ruth…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Free school meals

Newham Council’s flagship free school meals firm posts £1.4m loss

Catering company blames ‘rocketing inflation’ for financial difficulties

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


SEND

Council bids to take special free school build into own hands

Bracknell Forest wants to get ‘certainty’ over opening date of vital special school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND shoots up political agenda as MPs reveal woes

A cross-party group of MPs detailed SEND system problems in their own constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Secret settlement in £370k superhead’s legal row with council

Six-year saga ended with confidential agreement – leaving community in the dark

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher strikes

NEU to hold indicative ballot over potential strike action

Country’s largest teacher union to run indicative ballot in March asking members to back strike action

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Leaders at Ofsted’s first rapid revisit school resign over ‘traumatic’ inspections

Heads say new policy to speed up reinspections over safeguarding failures still had ‘profound impact’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

New Ofsted inspection pauses: how they would work

Inspections could be paused for up to five days over leader wellbeing concerns, new policy states

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter