RAAC

Ofsted won’t inspect schools on DfE’s RAAC list

Affected schools ‘will not be selected for inspection during the term’ unless Ofsted has ‘concerns’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

MPs demand answers from DfE after EHCP cuts target revealed

The education committee is ‘concerned’ children’s ministers’ evidence ‘contradicts’ Newton Europe contract

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Educational psychologists vote to strike

But the Association of Educational Psychologists also said it had received an ‘improved pay offer’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC PAC: 10 things we learned as DfE bosses grilled by MPs

Senior civil servants appeared before the public accounts committee amid the school building crisis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

DfE to check accuracy of schools’ RAAC surveys

Move comes amid concerns hidden ‘crumbly’ concrete may have been missed by school staff who did checks

John Dickens
John Dickens


Ofsted

Spielman ‘sorry’ over Caversham school ‘reviewed to death’ comment

Ofsted chief apologises for phrase used to describe inspection report at a primary where the head took her own…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
RAAC

RAAC: Treasury snubbed 10-year school rebuild funds, says ex-minister

Lord Agnew says he had ‘probably 10 meetings’ to try to get a ‘long-term envelope’ confirmed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: School rated ‘good’ after ‘inadequate’ rating legal challenge

The ‘only change’ since the first inspection ‘was the inspector’, Queen Emma primary school chair says after new rating

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

New special schools languish as contractors flounder 

The schools include two built by failed firm Caledonian Modular, which DfE has launched an investigation into over safety…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Spielman: Oliver has the ‘steel and integrity’ for top Ofsted job

Current chief inspector says she is ‘very optimistic’ about the tenure of her successor as she prepares to leave…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Amy Walker
Schools

‘Disastrous’ Birmingham £100m IT system hits school budgets

Schools left in dark about surpluses amid technology issues at cash-strapped local authority

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson