Teacher strikes

Keegan snubs ASCL conference as pay stalemate continues

Education secretary will miss the Birmingham event because she hopes to be in pay talks, union reveals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Call for transparency around rare Ofsted reinspections

School of leading trust, whose CEO sits on Ofsted’s board, was one of just 37 to get a reinspection…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Just 5% of schools to get £15m languages hub help

Ministers reveal programmes aimed at turning around ailing take-up of modern foreign languages – here’s what you need to…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

What will schools policy look like under a Labour government?

Opposition takes soundings from unexpected partners as it prepares for next year’s anticipated election

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

The Schools Week Labour education policy tracker

As an election gets closer, we keep track of every policy announced by the opposition

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools hit by uniform and toilet policy protests

Police were called to several schools after protests this week and last, with one force issuing a dispersal order

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


SEND review

Sluggish SEND review risks leaving kids ‘stuck in vicious cycle’, says de Souza

‘We have two more years of children being fed into this cycle with commensurate poor outcomes that has necessitated…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND review

SEND review improvement plan: Everything schools need to know

Government finally sets out its next steps for review launched over three years ago

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Williamson lockdown texts reveal ‘secret contempt’ for teachers

Leaked messages suggest former education secretary claimed school staff looked for an ‘excuse to avoid having to teach’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND review

SEND review: Three-year trial before national roll-out of flagship reforms

It means the major proposals to fix broken system might not be rolled out until 2026

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Ministers woo undergrads to join flagship tutor scheme

Unis told to recruit students for the NTP, saying it is ‘valuable work experience’ and allows them to ‘give…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Admissions: Just 1 in 20 schools prioritise poorer pupils

But some settings, particularly free schools, are turning to ‘innovative’ approaches to be more inclusive, report finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker