Schools

Head scores victory as Google agrees to delete school reviews

Tech giant says all school reviews will now be deleted because of ‘consistent off-topic and harmful’ comments

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
News

Bridget Phillipson’s standards ‘vision’ speech in full

Education secretary pledges a ‘new era on school standards’ as government launches accountability reform consultation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

New accountability regime: RISE, ‘stuck’ schools and profiles explained

The 8 key new policies school leaders need to know about from the government’s proposed accountability reforms

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School improvement

First 20 RISE advisers appointed to turnaround ‘stuck’ schools

Government finally publishes list of 20 new support advisers

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: St Albans, CAM, Leigh, Stoke Sixth Form College

This week’s movers and shakers include a keen snowboarder, a comic collector, former stand-up comedian and a camping fan

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Campaigners warn of schools bill’s ‘huge new powers’

So-called ‘Henry VIII powers’ will grant education secretary to amend or repeat other legislation with ‘minimal scrutiny’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofsted

Ofsted school report cards: The 11 key proposals

From ‘exemplary’ to ditched deep dives: everything schools need to know about Ofsted’s big inspection shake-up

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ofsted chief: ‘It’s time to reset the bar to raise standards’

Sir Martyn Oliver answers Schools Week’s questions about plans for new report cards and changes to the inspection framework

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Five grades, up to 11 areas: Ofsted’s report card plans revealed

Ofsted claims ‘fairer’ model will better identify schools’ strengths, but union says it’s ‘worse than single-word judgments’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics

‘School profile’ plans revealed amid ‘new era on standards’

‘Significantly strengthened’ accountability will also ‘raise the bar on what we expect from schools’, Phillipson to say

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Moynihan becomes first £500k academy CEO

Harris Federation chief received a £25,000 pay rise last year, accounts show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
MIS

MIS turf war: Firm launches £4m court battle with rival

New legal battle begins as £200m MIS turf war takes another twist

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson