Academies

New academy trust descriptors could stifle innovation

Trust boss fears descriptors could become the ‘Ofsted handbook’ of the MAT world

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Assessment

Thousands more kids leaving school without GCSE grades ‘new norm’

Analysis shows 3.3 per cent of pupils received no grade in English in 2023, compared with 1.7 per cent…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Reduced cash threatens ‘invaluable’ alternative provision pilot

AP specialist taskforces provide mental health professionals, family workers and speech and language therapists

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Spielman claims head’s death used ‘to try and discredit’ Ofsted

Family of Ruth Perry describes chief inspector’s comments as ‘grossly insensitive’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Assessment

Rise in pupils hitting top marks in times tables tests

Attainment rises in Year 4 maths assessment – as EHCP gap widens slightly

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Behaviour

Exclusion rate back to pre-pandemic norm as suspensions soar

Exclusion figures for the autumn term last year have been published today

John Dickens
John Dickens


Ofsted

Schools improving, SEND failings and AP ‘misuse’: 9 Ofsted annual report findings

Amanda Spielman has published her final report as chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted ‘poorly understood’ and under-funded, says Spielman

Outgoing chief inspector laments ‘a wave of publicly expressed discontent about issues that Ofsted alone cannot resolve’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools

Ministers mull putting solar panels on disused school land

Plan would allow schools to generate their own electricity, says Baroness Barran

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Safeguarding grade fears ‘out of proportion’, says Ofsted director

Chris Russell also said Ofsted recognised schools ‘could not be everything to everyone’ post-Covid

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Inclusion

£13m trial to test ‘innovative’ support for neurodiverse pupils

1 in 10 primaries will get five days’ worth of additional specialist help from trained staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker