News Ofsted national education director Sean Harford to take early retirement Ofsted’s national director of education Sean Harford is to stand down from his role to take early retirement, the… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Ofsted: 9 in 10 parents say their child’s school handled Covid well Almost nine in ten parents believe their child’s school has handled the Covid-19 pandemic well, a new Ofsted survey… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News DfE raids existing budgets for a third of £4.3bn Covid spending Almost a third of the Department for Education’s extra Covid spending will be taken from existing budgets or underspends… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y News Revealed: The 7 new faith school trusts at the heart of the DfE’s academies drive The government has named the first seven new faith school trusts it is funding to help drive its academisation… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News £10m ‘levelling up’ support will come from existing DfE budgets None of the £10 million pledged today to improve the quality of teaching in four areas of England is… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Ofqual predicts more technology in exams after pandemic ‘catalyst’ Ofqual’s chief regulator said they anticipate more tech-driven changes in the qualifications market due to the “catalyst” impact of… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News Ofsted: ITE curriculums not ‘sufficiently ambitious’, and 5 other findings Too few initial teacher education (ITE) partnerships have a “sufficiently ambitious” curriculum for their trainees, and “too many” are… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News PM announces £18m opportunity areas expansion, and £10m to boost quality of teaching An £18 million extension of the opportunity areas programme and £10 million to improve teaching quality in four other… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Edtech demonstrator programme phase 2: What schools need to know The Department for Education has confirmed plans for the second phase of its edtech demonstrator programme. Guidance published today… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Ofsted may temporarily extend inspection window to seven years Ofsted may temporarily extend its statutory inspection window by two years in order to ensure Covid disruption doesn’t result… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y News Exclusive DfE considers buying 360,000 abacuses to aid maths catch-up in schools The Department for Education is considering buying up to 360,000 abacuses for use in up to 6,000 schools across… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y News NAHT: Leaders have spent 7 extra school days ‘propping up’ test and trace The government faces calls to release leaders from the “burden” of running test and trace in their schools, after… Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 974 Older