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
Academies

Brighton academy trust ditches controversial 20% GAG-pool

Trust rocked by strikes ‘committed to ending’ GAG pooling policy, as it opts to top-slice instead

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

‘No evidence’ streaming and setting harms poorer pupils’ outcomes – study

But study also finds ‘tentative signs’ primary teachers feel more comfortable supporting struggling students when ability grouping is used

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

£21k fine for exclusions ‘won’t happen’, says council official

Devon had planned to introduce an exclusions levy under a push for inclusion

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson