News

Let teachers sanction parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair think tank

Lack of parental engagement should be safeguarding issue and national behaviour challenge required, say researchers

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools Bill

Schools bill: All 39 proposed policies (and when they’ll start)

A comprehensive list of EVERY policy in Labour’s children’s wellbeing and schools bill

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision

Cash-strapped councils now face waiting until next year for an update on what will happen when the statutory override…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND, SEND review

Education committee SEND inquiry to focus on solutions

MPs launch call for evidence in major inquiry to help fix broken special needs system

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools Bill

Government will publish new academy compliance orders

Department for Education says new directions for trusts breaking rules will be made public

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January

Ofsted also publishes first monitoring report on Big Listen promises as it ploughs ahead with inspection reform

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Schools Bill

Biggest trust sends staff warning over ‘harmful’ academy pay plan

United Learning says ‘there is no reason for government to intervene’ over academy pay freedoms

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Curriculum

Schools face ‘significant disruption’ as government culls Latin scheme

State school pupils due to take Latin at GCSE see funding for teachers and trips pulled mid-year as DfE…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools Bill

Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: the 15 key policies

Ministers get new powers over academy trusts, special school parents will have to seek approval to home educate, and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Behaviour

Misbehaviour interrupts most lessons for 4 in 10 teachers

And more than a quarter of secondary leaders flag weapon incidents

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

New reception baseline test needs ‘further development work’

The new test, which will include on-screen elements, has already been delayed by a year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss

Leora Cruddas also says government ‘must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker