Ofsted

Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January

Ofsted also publishes first monitoring report on Big Listen promises as it ploughs ahead with inspection reform

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools Bill

Biggest trust sends staff warning over ‘harmful’ academy pay plan

United Learning says ‘there is no reason for government to intervene’ over academy pay freedoms

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Curriculum

Schools face ‘significant disruption’ as government culls Latin scheme

State school pupils due to take Latin at GCSE see funding for teachers and trips pulled mid-year as DfE…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools Bill

Children’s wellbeing and schools bill: the 15 key policies

Ministers get new powers over academy trusts, special school parents will have to seek approval to home educate, and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Behaviour

Misbehaviour interrupts most lessons for 4 in 10 teachers

And more than a quarter of secondary leaders flag weapon incidents

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

New reception baseline test needs ‘further development work’

The new test, which will include on-screen elements, has already been delayed by a year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Academies

Loss of academy freedoms could harm improvement of toughest schools – CST boss

Leora Cruddas also says government ‘must help us put a stop to all attempts by those who seek to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Podcast

Podcast: John Dickens interviews Sir Kevan Collins

Labour’s school standards tsar Sir Kevan Collins spoke to Schools Week for its latest podcast episode. Here, he talks…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Children’s wellbeing bill to enact sweeping academies reform

Draft law would let councils open schools again, end automatic academisation of failing settings and make academies follow national…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted: Mainstream accountability focus risks SEND ‘flexibility’

Leaders said staff shortages were a ‘barrier to meeting children and young people’s aspirations for the future’, the report…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools

11-hour school day pays dividends

A report showed missed homework sanctions were down 12 per cent and stars for good behaviour were up 16…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School buildings

Council barred from using £200k grant to repair schools

Barnet council wanted to move the cash from its dedicated schools grant reserves for ‘urgent and unbudgeted repairs’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson