Leadership and governance
Ministers ‘taking governors for granted’ as ‘final piece’ of governance funding axed
Schools Week Reporter
Recruitment and retention
NFER analysis predicts secondary target miss despite improving picture, and worsening primary recruitment as crisis reaches ‘critical state’
Lucas Cumiskey
Inclusion
Council chief said they ‘acted with integrity’ over controversial SEND deal
Samantha Booth
Ofsted
Watchdog’s chair warns actions to absorb rising costs are a ‘short-term fix’ and will likely ‘store up cost pressures’
Schools Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers
Leader who served ex-PM breakfast and almost starred in Hollyoaks and principal who lived in rainforest among those starting…
Freddie Whittaker
Leadership and governance
Government wants diversity details of boards to be ‘widely available’, but data protection a barrier, report trusts
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training and development
Teaching hubs will no longer provide continuous professional development next year
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted
Sister of Ruth Perry says use of non-disclosure agreements after bad Ofsteds could be stopping heads raising further system…
Lucas Cumiskey
Assessment
Government criticised for committing ‘platoon of civil servants’ to policy unlikely to come to fruition
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted
As trusts poach inspectors and ‘highest ever’ levels of apathy towards joining inspectorate, how will Ofsted boost its expertise?
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training and development
Recruits from founding academy trusts counted towards flagship teacher trainer’s first-year figures
Lucas Cumiskey
News
Departing union boss will lead effort to build blueprint for a ‘national entitlement’, as Labour plans speaking boost
Freddie Whittaker
