Behaviour

GCSEs: Suspended pupils 12 months behind peers, research finds

Think tank’s research puts ‘a number on the suspension grades gap for the first time’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher pay

Holiday pay guidance reviewed amid fears schools could be left out of pocket

Law firms say mistake in government guidance could lead some schools to pay more than they should

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Transgender guidance

Schools sector sounds the alarm over transgender guidance

Calls for government to back schools in legal cases, fears guidance clashes with safeguarding rules and isn’t in child’s…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Hinds says ‘all schools’ restrict phones, and 5 more key findings

Schools minister also says the ‘option’ of statutory mobile phone guidance remains

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oak National Academy

Oak looking at quality standards for external curriculum resources

The government’s curriculum quango is exploring ‘thresholds’ providers would have to meet for it to signpost their resources

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: Give us £8.5m to deliver more in-depth inspections

Watchdog also warns declining inspector pay means it is losing staff to academy trusts

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Teacher training

Teaching hub claims DfE ‘favours larger trusts’

Three hubs lose their designation as high-profile trusts move in

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Academy trust development statements boost decline of standalone schools

Leaders fear smaller academy trusts ‘aren’t being allowed to grow’ in England’s left-behind areas

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

Cyber attack: Exam boards told to introduce new security measures

Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said regulator will undertake ‘rigorous’ checks on exam board plans to move tests on-screen

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Labour: SEND challenge ‘enormous’ but plan will come post-election

Party needs ‘much fuller understanding’ of ‘how chaotic the system has become and what needs to change’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
MAT central teams

Trust rejects claims from head who resigned over ‘high’ top slice

Heads tells parents in letter his ‘significant concerns’ over ‘how trust operates at its top levels’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Council faces legal action over controversial safety valve deal

Parents call for ‘transparency’ on high needs bail outs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth