Schools

The school hoping to empty prisons and cut reoffending

‘There are no bars, no big steel doors. It’s all very secure, but therapeutic’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

ESFA reviews academy investigation policy (as cases stack up)

The government has withdrawn its academy trust publication policy, pending review

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Has Nick Gibb won the education battle?

The schools minister backs traditional teaching methods. But do they actually improve results? Schools Week investigates

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

How we were stopped from revealing SEND consultants’ pay

Transparency campaigners cry foul as threat of injunction and massive costs prevents public interest reporting

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Lee Owston to become Ofsted national director for education

Current deputy director for schools and education will replace Chris Russell in January

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
News

Unions want £1.7bn more school funding in autumn statement

Chancellor warned that without extra cash, schools ‘will begin to cut essential provision in order to survive’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Sponsored post

Why I love IRIS Ed:gen

David Houghton, Chief Operating Officer at Kernow Learning, explains why he loves IRIS Ed:gen – the cloud-native, data-driven, all-in-one…

SWAdvertorial
IRIS Education
Oak National Academy

Legal showdown over Oak quango gets the go-ahead

Bodies representing ed tech and publishing firms say the curriculum body amounts to ‘unlawful state subsidy’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Boosting teacher bursaries would have greater impact than raising pay

Research also finds those recruited off the back of bursaries were more likely to teach in schools which often…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Amy Walker
Politics

Prospects for career in teaching ‘never been better’, claims Gibb

Schools minister says free schools have ‘liberated’ the teaching profession and MATs let leaders advance earlier

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Coasting’ schools policy has ‘raised the stakes’, says Spielman

Key findings from the chief inspector’s (potentially last) education committee appearance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Social care: Ofsted slams joint working as schools ‘isolated’

Watchdog says ‘more needs to be done so that agencies see schools as a key partner’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker