Schools Ministers mull putting solar panels on disused school land Plan would allow schools to generate their own electricity, says Baroness Barran Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Amy Walker 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y 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 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y School buildings Exclusive 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Amy Walker 1y 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 1y Amy Walker 1y 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 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Jack Dyson 1y Newer 1 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 971 Older