Schools London’s falling rolls crisis moves into secondary schools Capital faces steep drop in year 7 pupils over the next four years, says London Councils report Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Ofsted Ofsted: MPs want ‘nuanced’ alternative to ‘totemic’ judgments Parliament’s education committee also also calls for less frequent, more ‘in-depth’ inspections Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Schools Create system of ‘school boards’ and a new regulator, says think tank Ex-DfE adviser calls for an end to ‘centralisation and political interference’ in the school system Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Misconduct Head banned for bullying has high court appeal thrown out Union previously said the case was a sign of the ‘failing regulator’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Schools Exclusive Michaela insists it does meet daily worship laws Case shows it is ‘technically impossible to be truly secular’, says campaign group Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y RAAC Exclusive RAAC: Schools get extra cash for out-of-hours lessons Government has promised funding to help convince teachers to hold extra classes in the holidays Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Ofsted ‘Caversham Covenant’: Heads reveal why they set up support scheme ‘Sometimes heads are changed very quickly after an inspection outcome – that should never happen again’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Teacher strikes Minimum service levels will put heads in ‘impossible position’ – ASCL School leaders’ union warns government plans will cause ‘irreparable harm’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y SEND Exclusive Councils with SEND bailouts increasingly ‘monitored’ by ministers Two councils given £119m were off-track within months of bailouts being signed off Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Ofsted Exclusive New ‘Ofsted Academy’ will open up inspector training Watchdog wants to bring all ‘specialist inspection and regulation learning under one roof’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y School funding DfE school funding stats ‘don’t tell whole story’ Analysis published by government ignores real-terms cuts to sixth form funding and includes cash earmarked for pensions Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Academies CST: Let ‘national improver’ academy trusts support struggling schools Effective trusts should be labelled ‘national school improvement leaders’ to provide ‘softer’ intervention, says sector body Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Newer 1 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 975 Older