Ofsted

‘Big Listen’: Pupils asked for views on how Ofsted can improve

‘Feedback will help us make sure we’re doing our job the best way we can,’ says watchdog chief

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Two-thirds of special schools full or over capacity, new data shows

New data published after Schools Week investigations into bursting special school classrooms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Sponsored post

The live broadcast designed to get more girls moving

Free to access and open to all students in years 7-11, Studio You is bringing together a panel of…

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NPQs

Free NPQ scheme scaled back

£184m Covid recovery scheme will end this year, replaced by less generous offer that could train just a quarter…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Recruitment and retention

We need NHS-style long-term school workforce plan, says NIoT boss

Melanie Renowden wants to see education equivalent to health service’s 15-year recruitment and retention plan

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

Unions: ‘Clunky’ advanced British standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for pupils

Ministers accused of ‘putting the cart before the horse’ with 16-19 reform plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Governance

‘A disgrace’: Plug pulled on governor recruitment scheme

Ministers ‘taking governors for granted’ as ‘final piece’ of governance funding axed

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Recruitment

DfE on track to miss teacher recruitment targets, again

NFER analysis predicts secondary target miss despite improving picture, and worsening primary recruitment as crisis reaches ‘critical state’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Ministers reject council’s 15-year safety valve plan

Council chief said they ‘acted with integrity’ over controversial SEND deal

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Constrained’ funding could ‘compromise’ inspection reliability

Watchdog’s chair warns actions to absorb rising costs are a ‘short-term fix’ and will likely ‘store up cost pressures’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Kat Howard, Summer Turner, James Biddulph, Majella McCarthy

Leader who served ex-PM breakfast and almost starred in Hollyoaks and principal who lived in rainforest among those starting…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Governance

Schools and trusts slow to publish governors diversity data

Government wants diversity details of boards to be ‘widely available’, but data protection a barrier, report trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker