SEND

SEND review consultation may be extended as accessible versions delayed

BSL and easy-read versions of the green paper were promised almost a month ago

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Don’t ‘pick and mix’ Oak curriculum resources, warns Spielman

Ofsted chief says content provided by new arms-length curriculum body must be implemented ‘thoughtfully’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and James Carr
Schools

Herrington: ‘We’ll miss targets if trusts act in their own interest’

Meeting literacy and numeracy targets will require academies’ and councils cooperating, says national schools commissioner

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Social mobility tsar casts doubt on literacy and numeracy targets

Katharine Birbalsingh tells MPs she is ‘not sure’ how targets set in recent white papers will be met

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Watchdog probes SIMS provider over ‘abusing dominant position’

England’s largest provider of data management systems ESS is under investigation for ‘suspected breaches of competition law’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

IfS: 1 in 4 poorer pupils could lose out under proposed student loan grade thresholds

Around 1 in 10 recent education undergrads would also have been excluded, think tank warns

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofsted

Ofsted’s 5-year strategy promises more longer inspections

The watchdog says more section 5 visits will increase ‘professional dialogue’

James Carr
James Carr
Schools

A third of new secondary heads ‘leave profession within five years’

Union analysis suggests a growing exodus, and shows pay restraint and inflation have wiped 21 per cent off leaders’…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

SATs: No ‘special consideration’ for Covid disruption

Special consideration will not apply when a key stage 2 pupil ‘has been affected by illness or other issues…

James Carr
James Carr
Sponsored post

Supporting your Literacy and English pupils transitioning from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4

The first priority in any support materials for Key Stage 3 or 4 is that they appeal to the…

Pearson
Pearson
Academies

Warning notices issued to growing trusts

Leaders say cases show importance of ‘sustainable’ growth amid ministers’ expansion plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and James Carr
Academies

Falcon trust swoops on its third academy

Latest recruit for turnaround trust is first outside the north of England

Tom Belger
Tom Belger