Ed tech

Schools demanding parents fund laptops leave Ofsted chief ‘really shocked’ 

Survey reveals four in 10 pupils are required by their school to have a laptop or tablet

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Assessment

Year 8s to sit mandatory reading test under white paper plans

Move to ensure poorer pupils are not shut off from wider curriculum, but results will be published at national…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Schools more positive about Ofsted inspections as headline grades ditched

But analysis shows those taking part in survey are more likely to have had positive Ofsted outcomes

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Private schools face 50% hike in Ofsted inspection fees

DfE proposes large hikes in fees paid by non-association independent schools, as just 34% of costs are currently covered

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Examine reasons pupils leave London state schools, says EPI

Study shows proportion of pupils leaving the state sector on the rise, as schools also face growing falling rolls…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Trust CEO blames school behaviour decline on ‘dreadful parents’

Boss of prominent trust says ‘powerful minority’ of parents is ‘greatest single problem facing’ secondaries

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


News

RISE teams reveal their regional priorities as new schools named

Government names 170 new ‘stuck’ schools, where RISE advisers will focus efforts and its local priorities – but is…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Children’s minister gets beefed-up schools brief as portfolios revealed

Government has confirmed which policies new ministers will be in charge of. Here’s your Schools Week guide …

John Dickens
John Dickens
Private schools

Government considers charging private schools more for inspections

The watchdog currently subsidises two thirds of inspection costs for ‘non-association’ private schools, but government is ‘considering options to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted use of AI in inspections doesn’t make the grade

The inspectorate trialled AI note taking in inspections, but wider roll out has been ditched after the tech was…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Call for immediate uniform cap made no difference

Proportion of schools that require four or more branded items remains the same as last year – despite Phillipson’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Row over new Ofsted ‘high-quality’ research checks

New inspections will judge teacher trainers as needing ‘urgent improvement’ if use of ‘discredited research’ isn’t tackled

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks