Ofsted Eight things we learned from Ofsted’s annual accounts Inspectorate has had a ‘difficult’ year and faces ‘significant’ financial challenges, documents warn Freddie Whittaker 2y Lucas Cumiskey and Samantha Booth 2y Curriculum Exclusive EEF boss Professor Becky Francis to lead Labour curriculum review Labour is expected to announce her appointment shortly Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Academies Academy transfer market cost £45m under Tories More than 2,000 academies have been rebrokered since 2013 Schools Week Reporter 2y Schools Week Reporter 2y Admissions DfE revises up pupils forecast – but numbers still due to plummet Government estimates there will be 260,000 more pupils than previously predicted in state schools by 2028 Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Behaviour Exclusions higher than pre-Covid as suspensions rise again New education minister slams ‘shocking’ figures as suspensions rates remain are record high Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Assessment Exclusive GCSEs 2024: More generous grades for French, German and computer science Ofqual said language changes will align grades with Spanish, while computer science results found to have been ‘more stringent’ Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Recruitment and retention Young people still interested in teaching, but aren’t signing up Shifting career preferences not to blame for ‘persistently sluggish’ teacher recruitment, finds NFER Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Assessment Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’ Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of ‘love letter’ free text box Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Pay and conditions 1 in 4 young teachers would swap generous pension for more pay More than a quarter of teachers in their 20s would sacrifice a better pension to boost their take-home pay… Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Wellbeing Bridget Phillipson to help lead child poverty taskforce It comes after Labour today announced plans for a ‘children’s wellbeing bill’ in the King’s Speech Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Politics King’s Speech 2024: What’s in it for schools? Labour government will introduce a raft of schools policies through its ‘children’s wellbeing bill’ Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Politics Eight things we learned from first Phillipson sector address The new education secretary talked Ofsted, her curriculum review, behaviour and support staff in a webinar for school workers Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Newer 1 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 1,025 Older
