Politics

New ASCL boss strikes optimistic tone as pay battle looms

Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to Schools Week as he prepares to take over at headteachers’ union

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment

AQA to launch free digital maths tests for schools

But England’s largest exam board has delayed plans to introduce on-screen exams

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted explores ‘withholding’ safeguarding failure reports

Move would give schools three months to address issues, paving the way for ‘good’ or better grade

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

The Ofsted ‘big listen’: What school leaders need to know

Sir Martyn Oliver launches wide-ranging consultation in response to coroner’s report into death of headteacher Ruth Perry

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Headteacher unfairly sacked after ‘tapping’ her son’s hand

Head wins tribunal over ‘complex case’ that questions ‘balance between rights of a parent, HR laws and safeguarding rules’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School funding

Post-election spending review leaves schools in dark over funding

The government has not said what will happen to budgets after next March

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Inclusion

Revealed: The 20 new AP free schools approved by ministers

Leading academy trust secures four alternative provision free schools while others are snubbed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Budget 2024: £105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else

Plus no news on tutoring cash extension suggests ‘curtain has crashed down’ on scheme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

CST calls for policy changes over ‘unsustainable’ parent complaints

Academy body says rise in complaints is putting ‘significant pressure on school leaders’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted: Six key findings from its English subject report

Teaching of reading has ‘improved markedly’ but the curriculum for writing and speaking is ‘less effective’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Curriculum

Martin Lewis: Financial education curriculum win ‘self-defeating’ as schools lack resources

Journalist and campaigner also reveals his charity paid over £500k for textbook after government refused to fund it

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker