Ofsted

Ofsted promises to start recording inspection pauses in new era

Pledge comes after watchdog admits it holds no ‘central record of the number of inspections that have been paused’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to ‘drive down prices’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

GCSE maths re-sit pass rate lower than pre-pandemic

But performance in English re-takes continues to rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Misconduct

Misconduct decisions to be wiped from DfE’s website

Campaigners claim ‘victory for common sense’ as ‘less serious’ misconduct verdicts to be removed from public view

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Poorer pupils less likely to attend top comprehensives

Schools with best progress 8 scores have a lower proportion of disadvantaged pupils than their catchment areas, study finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

DfE will repay schools £4k for RAAC surveys – but there’s a catch

Funding will only be available for surveys carried out over a two-month period last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Free school meals

Khan extends London primary free school meals for a year

Mayor also raises per-meal funding to £3 following repeated warnings that schools faced a shortfall

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

AET heads to get £100k worth of CPD and sabbaticals

Leaders will get up to 100 hours of professional development each year in scheme to ‘bring joy back into…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Movers and Shakers

LocatED: Ex-Tory minister to chair DfE property arm for £1k-a-day

Former housing minister and Hertford MP Mark Prisk appointed by Gillian Keegan

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Politics

Phillipson invokes zeal of Gove reforms in Labour schools vision

Former minister brought ‘energy and drive and determination’ that is required again, says shadow education secretary

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Ofsted will review absence during safeguarding checks, says Labour

Bridget Phillipson will also announce a Labour government will use AI to spot trends in attendance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: Inspectors locked out of new training after tech glitch

Watchdog promises to send video of mental health training to all inspectors after hundreds were unable to access the…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey