Covid

Top university places up 28% after record A-level results

Accepted student numbers on competitive courses have soared

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant

Acland-Hood also admits she attended December 10 ‘gathering’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Don’t do your own curriculum deep dives, Ofsted urges

Watchdog also warn advice from consultants can be ‘overcomplicated’

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

School leadership supply ‘on the brink’ as headship aspiration ‘plummets’

Over half of deputy heads and middle leaders now say they don’t aspire to headship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Charities contemplate challenging Randstad for NTP contract

Tutor Trust CEO says Zahawi should ‘look seriously’ at whether to use break clause

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Spielman: Achievements ‘disappointingly small’ after year of ‘hokey-cokey’ education

Chief inspector warns that ‘misery became endemic among the young’

James Carr
James Carr


Ofsted

Ofsted annual report 2020-21: 8 things we learned

Ofsted has lost sight of more primary pupils and says reintegration of AP children ‘not a reality’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Ministers step in to ‘step up’ tutoring scheme uptake

Walker flags participation issues as DfE claims releasing official figures will create ‘unclear public messages’ on programme’s reach

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE reveals its targets for £377m NPQ and ECF reforms

Documents show how the DfE will mark its own homework on flagship teacher training reforms

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Stephen Morgan named as shadow schools minister

And Helen Hayes becomes shadow children’s minister as Labour completes reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

ESFA acts as costs of collapsed academy trusts double

Government wrote off more than £10m on failed trusts last year alone

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ofsted: Out of line or right in step?

Schools Week finds just six of 16 regulators operating in England have returned to normal inspections

James Carr
James Carr