School funding

Lower-rated schools to get falling roll cash, but not for 18 months

DfE to proceed with a suite of amendments to its national funding formula

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Oasis Community Learning CEO John Murphy to step down

Leader of one of England’s largest trusts leaves to pursue ‘a range of projects across the education sector’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

More heads cut school trips amid funding crisis

Sutton Trust research finds steep rises in schools cutting back on teaching assistants and IT equipment

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

School inspections don’t hold MATs ‘sufficiently accountable’, says Ofsted

New report says inspections also don’t allow trusts to get credit, despite their growing influence over schools’ quality of…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher strikes

Teacher strikes: Reopen pay negotiations, says academies body

CST’s Leora Cruddas calls on DfE to convene fresh talks to avert further industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ex-schools minister to chair NEU-funded inquiry into Ofsted

Lord Knight to lead ‘Beyond Ofsted’ inquiry set up to develop proposals for an ‘alternative approach’ to inspection

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Academies

DfE fleshes out new academy trust quality descriptors

Government hopes guidance ‘represents clear and ambitious vision for sector’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Sponsored post

Reaching beyond the classroom: Educating on the importance of the ocean

Ocean Generation and SC Johnson, A Family Company at Work for a Better World, bring the importance of protecting…

SC Johnson
SC Johnson
Academies

School that overturned academy order will join a trust

Yew Tree Primary won a judicial review against forced academisation in 2021, costing tens of thousands of pounds

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

Academy trusts drive suspensions in areas DfE wants them to cut rates

Findings spark calls for government to rethink ‘naïve’ trust development statements

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Spielman: Ofsted ‘lightning rod’ for wider school discontent

Chief inspector points to ‘wider disagreement’ in sector over pay and funding when challenged on criticism following Ruth Perry…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Teacher training

Teach First contract extended for another two years

The programme for the ‘best and brightest’ graduates has struggled with its targets amid worsening recruitment crisis

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth