Inclusion

SEND shoots up political agenda as MPs reveal woes

A cross-party group of MPs detailed SEND system problems in their own constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Secret settlement in £370k superhead’s legal row with council

Six-year saga ended with confidential agreement – leaving community in the dark

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Pay and conditions

NEU to hold indicative ballot over potential strike action

Country’s largest teacher union to run indicative ballot in March asking members to back strike action

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Leaders at Ofsted’s first rapid revisit school resign over ‘traumatic’ inspections

Heads say new policy to speed up reinspections over safeguarding failures still had ‘profound impact’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

New Ofsted inspection pauses: how they would work

Inspections could be paused for up to five days over leader wellbeing concerns, new policy states

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Pay and conditions

Small schools dub new workload admin list ‘unrealistic’

Schools need more funding to cut teacher working hours, warn leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Academies

Closing academy trust exposes ‘vulnerability’ of primary schools

The Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust will hand over its schools after being stripped of its only secondary

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted Ruth Perry report response: What you need to know

Watchdog to explore standalone safeguarding judgment and narrowing gap between inspections and reports

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted reforms to ensure ‘no more tragedies’

Watchdog formally responds to coroner’s report as new chief vows ‘no one should feel as Ruth did’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Inclusion

DfE to collect data on children with Down syndrome

Schools will be required to report how many children with Down syndrome they educate

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

New research reveals key drivers behind absence

More focus needed on ‘second transition’ for pupils leaving year 7 and sanctions deemed ‘insufficient’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Governors at large school federation resign over falling rolls finance row

Challenges ‘have proven to be insurmountable without the necessary support’ from Lambeth Council, say governors

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth