Schools

‘Beyond belief’: Heads have issues AGAIN accessing SATs results

Leaders met with error messages on Primary Assessment Gateway – despite outsourcer Capita being ‘confident’ service would be better

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SATs

Key stage 2 SATs: Overall results same as 2022, but reading falls

59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths again this year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Scaled scores for 2023 key stage 2 SATs announced

DfE publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

How hostile immigration policies are ‘piling misery on to children’

Thousands of traumatised Afghan children, displaced by the Taliban, face educational disruptions and funding shortfalls in the UK.

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Politics

IfS: Labour private schools plan could boost public purse by £1.3bn

Think tank predicts only ‘small movement’ of pupils into state schools if Starmer enacts VAT plan

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Teenage boy arrested after teacher stabbing at Tewkesbury School

A Gloucestershire secondary school is in lockdown today, with education secretary Gillian Keegan ‘deeply concerned’ after incident

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Academies, Ofsted

Whitehaven leaves shadow of Bright Tribe with ‘good’ Ofsted rating

School once at centre of one of the largest academy trust scandals now ‘at the heart of the community’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Trust reviews policies after CEO’s ‘premium’ Apple event flights

Auditors flag ‘financial issue’ after trust forked out £1k for journey

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Rotherham academies thought LA was in charge of admissions

Heads believed council was their admission authority – despite academies being in control of entry to their schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted CPD warning over non-specialist maths teachers

But report due to find ‘dramatic improvements’ in maths teaching

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

Ministers urged to add ‘depth’ to trust accountability assessments

Leaders sound caution over using ‘quantitative measures’ to compare chains

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Report calls for ‘Chris Whitty of education’

Chief education officer would ‘ensure that policies and plans are given the attention and priority they deserve’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker