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
Samantha Booth
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
Lucas Cumiskey
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
Jack Dyson
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
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools

Michaela insists it does meet daily worship laws

Case shows it is ‘technically impossible to be truly secular’, says campaign group

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
RAAC

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
Jack Dyson


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
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher strikes

Minimum service levels will put heads in ‘impossible position’ – ASCL

School leaders’ union warns government plans will cause ‘irreparable harm’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Councils with SEND bailouts increasingly ‘monitored’ by ministers

Two councils given £119m were off-track within months of bailouts being signed off

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

New ‘Ofsted Academy’ will open up inspector training

Watchdog wants to bring all ‘specialist inspection and regulation learning under one roof’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Freddie Whittaker