Ofsted
Amy Walker
SEND

DfE rejected special school for county slammed over place shortage

Inspectors said Hertfordshire had ‘widespread and/or systemic failings leading to significant concerns’ about SEND children

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Schools shut after extra inspections find hidden RAAC

Cases reignite concerns more primaries and secondaries will be at risk of collapse

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher training

Treasury plans apprenticeship levy funding restrictions

Move could affect viability of teaching apprenticeships

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Schools working to cut absences will be judged ‘favourably’ says Ofsted

Watchdog clarifies its position as absence rates remain stubbornly higher than pre-pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

School Cuts relaunch puts unions on collision-course with DfE again

Updated analysis estimates 92 per cent of mainstream schools will be ‘unable to cope’ with cost increases in 2024-25

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exams

GCSE students set to be given exam aids for one more year

It follows Nick Gibb, ex-schools minister, saying there was ‘an expectation’ the support would not be offered this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Sponsored post

Preparing for post 16 reform – come what may

OCR launches new Cambridge Advanced Nationals for 16-19 year olds and explains its response to post 16 reform at…

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OCR
Sponsored post

Where the legacy of Covid remains

96% of school leaders report post-pandemic learning gaps still affecting pupils

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SIMS
School buildings

Trusts lack building condition data despite DfE survey, cost-cutters find

Capital advisers programme will be expanded following positive feedback and after trusts predict savings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Working in schools ‘unsustainably demanding’ as teacher wellbeing hits five-year low

The education workforce is ‘stressed and unhappy at work,’ warns teacher support charity

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Recruitment and retention

Teachers’ home working ‘masks’ true workload challenge

Most leaders have not read government workload reduction toolkit, and just 1 in 10 found it ‘useful’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker