News

‘Breaking point’: governors say budgets now their biggest worry

Survey finds one in ten governors say their school relied on a loan or council support to stay afloat

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Classrooms ‘in chaos’ says minister as suspensions near 1 million

Rates of suspension and permanent exclusion have risen again, new government data shows

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Teacher training

NPQs take-up collapses after government funding cut

Starts on qualifications for aspiring leaders fall by a third after most subsidies withdrawn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted plans school webinars in response to reform timeline unrest

‘I know there are some concerns about the timeline for these changes,’ says chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘We won’t shy away from difficult reforms’, Phillipson vows amid SEND unrest

Education secretary tells leaders she won’t veer from doing ‘what’s difficult and long term in favour of quick and…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

20 leaders appointed to DfE trust CEO advisory group

Bosses of United Learning, Lift Schools, Ark and Star academy trusts appointed to advise minister amid schools bill reforms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Recruitment and retention

Government lacks ‘coherent plan’ to boost teacher recruitment

MPs also tell ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

DfE releases 150-page writing framework, but will change it soon

‘First-of-its-kind’ writing framework encourages handwriting, speaking aloud and reception focus – but new version needed when curriculum review lands

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Exams and overburdening ‘dilemmas’: Francis reveals curriculum review progress

MPs grilled the review chair on GCSEs, languages, PE and timescales for reform

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Key stage 2 SATs 2025: 62% meet expected standard as results inch up

But attainment still hasn’t climbed back to pre-pandemic levels after 2022 drop

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Scaled scores for 2025 key stage 2 SATs announced

Department for Education publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
The early years

‘Best start in life’ strategy: Primaries to get ‘intensive’ RISE reception support

New plan to boost school-readiness also includes more early years training for heads and reception teachers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker