Exams

Only public confidence stopping us from using AI in marking, says AQA

AQA’s boss said artificial intelligence could be used ‘pretty much tomorrow morning’ to mark markers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

£15m plans revealed to ramp up attendance-boosting mentoring pilot

Government launches search for firms to expand project into 10 investment areas and help 3,600 pupils a year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

‘More transparent’ Ofsted complaints process gets go ahead

Internal reviews scrapped and new post-inspection calls allowed in changes to speed up process and increase transparency

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

New academy trust descriptors could stifle innovation

Trust boss fears descriptors could become the ‘Ofsted handbook’ of the MAT world

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

Thousands more kids leaving school without GCSE grades ‘new norm’

Analysis shows 3.3 per cent of pupils received no grade in English in 2023, compared with 1.7 per cent…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Reduced cash threatens ‘invaluable’ alternative provision pilot

AP specialist taskforces provide mental health professionals, family workers and speech and language therapists

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Ofsted

Spielman claims head’s death used ‘to try and discredit’ Ofsted

Family of Ruth Perry describes chief inspector’s comments as ‘grossly insensitive’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Assessment

Rise in pupils hitting top marks in times tables tests

Attainment rises in Year 4 maths assessment – as EHCP gap widens slightly

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exclusions

Exclusion rate back to pre-pandemic norm as suspensions soar

Exclusion figures for the autumn term last year have been published today

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted

Schools improving, SEND failings and AP ‘misuse’: 9 Ofsted annual report findings

Amanda Spielman has published her final report as chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted ‘poorly understood’ and under-funded, says Spielman

Outgoing chief inspector laments ‘a wave of publicly expressed discontent about issues that Ofsted alone cannot resolve’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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