RAAC

RAAC: DfE snubbed schools’ bids for flagship rebuilding scheme

Ten schools now confirmed with RAAC applied for the current school rebuilding programme, but were rejected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE finally publishes list of affected schools

Almost 1 in 3 schools with confirmed RAAC delay term or use remote learning, government data shows

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

Fears over DfE RAAC list after wrong leaders ‘threatened’

Calls for audit after leaders wrongly told they had failed to complete surveys, while others unable to edit questionnaires…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
RAAC

RAAC: Schools should ‘get off their backsides’ and fill in survey – Keegan

Union leader hits back saying Keegan comments are a ‘desperate attempt to deflect its own failings’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Catherine McKinnell appointed shadow schools minister

Newcastle North MP replaces Stephen Morgan in Labour frontbench reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: 10 things we learned from Martyn Oliver in front of MPs

Incoming chief inspector will ‘look at’ single-word judgments, wants inclusion to feature more in inspections and will be based…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofsted

Sir Martyn Oliver sets out his priorities for the Ofsted top job

The OGAT boss has pledged to run a ‘big listen’ with the sector and is eyeing allowing HMIs to…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
RAAC

Revealed: The RAAC school rebuilds the Tories scrapped

At least 11 schools that had ‘waste of money’ rebuilds scrapped by Michael Gove have now closed because they…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
RAAC

RAAC: ‘Everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing’, says Keegan

Education secretary caught on camera suggesting she deserves praise for doing a ‘f***ing good job’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: Keegan pledges to rebuild schools ‘that need it’

Education secretary reveals 1,500 schools yet to have checks, and another 450 with suspected RAAC waiting for official assessments

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
RAAC

RAAC: Ministers prioritised free schools over safety – ex DfE boss

Former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater says Sunak is responsible for slashing school rebuilding programme while chancellor – despite ‘crumbly’…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools, uniform

Labour vows to limit branded school uniform items

Shadow education secretary says move would save families ‘hundreds of pounds’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden