Ofsted

Ofsted: 7 key findings from its music subject report

Inequalities in music education that Ofsted first highlighted over a decade ago persist, its latest subject report says

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Attendance

‘I don’t really care anymore’: Parent apathy on attendance laid bare

Report exposes ‘fundamental breakdown in the relationship between schools and parents’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment

Expand teacher recruitment plan to include support staff, says NFER

Researchers say wider education workforce strategy is now needed to deal with recruitment pressures across all school roles

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Teacher strikes

NASUWT: 1 in 4 secondaries expect disruption as teachers work to rule

Polling data shows 14% of secondary teachers and 5% of primary teachers planned to take part in industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: 7 key findings from its PE subject report

Many schools not ‘matching the ambition of the national curriculum’, watchdog says

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Educate parents about progress 8 to narrow attainment gap

Study finds parents do not consistently apply to their ‘most effective’ school

John Dickens
John Dickens


RAAC

RAAC: 8 things we learned from Baroness Barran

Minister and DfE boss appear in front of MPs as number of affected schools balloons to 174

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Keegan under fire over holiday and ‘portacabin’ claims

Education secretary slammed for going on holiday after ministers advised to close RAAC schools (and saying children ‘prefer portacabins’)

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

RAAC: DfE lists 174 schools now affected

Government reveals 27 more schools have had RAAC identified in their buildings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: 7 key findings from its geography subject report

Despite many improvements in geography teaching, Ofsted noted issues including a lack of staff and fieldwork

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Business leaders should be on workload taskforce, says ISBL

The body representing school business leaders said it did ‘not understand’ why they’d been left out

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Failed construction company leaves DfE £2m out of pocket

Documents filed by administrators show the DfE was owed £2m when Caledonian Modular collapsed

Amy Walker
Amy Walker