Ofsted

Martyn Oliver on Ofsted reform: 8 things we learned

Ofsted chief inspector talks to education committee MPs on new report cards, safeguarding ‘spot checks’ and SEND worries

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

RAAC yet to be removed from 90% of crisis-hit schools

Work finished in just 30 RAAC schools, sparking warnings ‘thousands of children are studying in inadequate’ buildings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

ESFA chief David Withey to become college principal

He will lead a college in the south west when the agency closes in March

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted chief faces new year committee grilling

Sir Martyn Oliver to face MPs over progress in addressing coroner’s concerns following death of Ruth Perry

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Former schools minister Nick Gibb knighted in new year’s honours

And ex-union leader Geoff Barton to receive the CBE, as 60 with links to England’s school system recognised

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pupils have ‘poor’ climate change understanding, says DfE study

Year 11s found to struggle with understanding impact of climate change and how to mitigate it

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Politics

Mary Bousted and Anne Longfield made peers by Labour

The pair will sit in the House of Lords after being nominated for peerages by the Labour party

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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