Ofsted

Staff ‘bullied’ after talking to Ofsted inspectors

Watchdog received ‘credible evidence’ staff were bullied, court documents show

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: One in three teachers use AI to help with school work

Proportion of teachers and leaders reporting using the technology has doubled in five months

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools in third county lock down as police investigate ‘threatening’ email

West Yorkshire Police said it had made an arrest in connection with an email sent to a number of…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Catch-up

NELI catch-up scheme boosted children’s language by 4 months

Evaluation also finds pupils eligible for free school meals made even more progress from national roll-out of intervention

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Sponsored post

In Flanders Fields Museum: the starting point for your battlefield trip

The In Flanders Fields Museum brings the story of the First World War to life through thought-provoking, interactive displays….

In Flanders Fields Museum
In Flanders Fields Museum
BTECs

BTECs: Reforms risk 155k students ‘falling through the gap’

Sharp drop in applied general qualifications and slow growth of T-levels will have ‘calamitous impact’, report warns

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Schools

Language hubs: 19 schools named in first round of £15m reboot

Expansion of pilot programme will include a £400k scheme to boost take-up of German

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ministers seek schools safeguarding tsar

The new post would help roll out social care reforms to strengthen the education sector’s role

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

6 ways to solve teacher shortages, according to experts

‘Golden handcuffs’, a retention inquiry and more staff poaching schemes could all provide solutions, MPs told

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
RAAC

Ofsted won’t inspect schools on DfE’s RAAC list

Affected schools ‘will not be selected for inspection during the term’ unless Ofsted has ‘concerns’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Primary school disadvantage gap stops widening

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains way above pre-pandemic levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

MPs demand answers from DfE after EHCP cuts target revealed

The education committee is ‘concerned’ children’s ministers’ evidence ‘contradicts’ Newton Europe contract

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth