Ofsted ‘It’s the right time’: Amanda Spielman defends inspecting Covid-hit schools The chief inspector came under fire from school leaders at an event who called routine Ofsted inspections mid-Covid “profoundly… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid Kevan Collins: Government ‘abdicating responsibility’ to lead recovery The former recovery tsar also said tech could spark the biggest learning transformation since the Victorian era Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Academies Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds The rate of academy conversions in the next three years will be “limited to a steady rate” and is… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Schools £1.1m anti-bullying support for schools, after old scheme axed Announcement comes over a year after predecessor scheme was quietly shelved Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Ofsted to inspect all schools by 2025 after £24m funding boost Accelerated inspection schedule granted funding in spending review James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Covid absence halves after half term, but 130,000 pupils still off DfE data suggests Covid absence fell to 1.6 per cent last week Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Teacher training Six more ITT providers downgraded under new Ofsted framework 10 out of 22 inspected providers are now below ‘good’ Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid Health bosses given more leeway to bring back masks in school corridors Government changes language on face coverings in contingency framework guidance Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y BTECs Zahawi announces slowing-down of BTECs cull Education secretary says he has ‘decided to allow an extra year before our reform timetable is implemented’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Illegal schools Public urged to report illegal schools as pupils taught in ‘squalid’ settings Ofsted warns parents and councils are paying thousands for ‘woeful’ education in ‘squalid’ conditions at unregistered schools Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Covid 16 and 17-year-olds to be offered second Covid vaccine dose Javid also confirms boosters for those aged 40 and over Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Academies Exclusive Church schools facing forced academy conversion Catholic and Anglican chiefs say that multi-academy trusts can solve ‘existential’ threats Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y Newer 1 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 988 Older