Schools

Ministers mull putting solar panels on disused school land

Plan would allow schools to generate their own electricity, says Baroness Barran

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Safeguarding grade fears ‘out of proportion’, says Ofsted director

Chris Russell also said Ofsted recognised schools ‘could not be everything to everyone’ post-Covid

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

£13m trial to test ‘innovative’ support for neurodiverse pupils

1 in 10 primaries will get five days’ worth of additional specialist help from trained staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Still no RAAC cash as schools ‘sidelined’ in autumn statement

Treasury documents also suggest a £600m underspend on education capital projects last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Behaviour

Teachers striking over pupil assaults demand ‘zero-tolerance’ 10-day exclusions

Union reports four physical assaults in the last two weeks alone at troubled Oasis Isle of Sheppey

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Free schools

Free schools policy has ‘lost its way’, says NSN charity chair

David Ross leads chorus of former Conservative ministers and influential policy leaders pushing for renewed free school focus

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter


School buildings

Serious building defects wait (and wait) for funding

Responsible bodies say they have had to prioritise only the most serious issues as government cash remains static

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Think tank sets out blueprint for Labour’s Ofsted plans

IPPR, known to influence Labour policy, sets out proposals for three-tier improvement policy amid grade overhaul

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Schools should conduct ‘self evaluation’, says Beyond Ofsted

An NEU-sponsored inquiry, set up to find a new inspectorate model, has also proposed that Ofsted has no direct…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
RAAC

MPs: DfE must commit to funding and deadline to rid schools of RAAC

Public Accounts Committee publishes damning report into government’s handling of concrete crisis

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Educational psychologists on strike: ‘It’s all crumbling’

Members of the Association of Educational Psychologists went on strike for the first time in decades this week

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Keegan ‘deeply concerned’ as children miss school to join pro-Palestine protests

Education secretary says ‘missing school for activism is unacceptable’ as groups stage school strikes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson