Assessment

Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual

Academy trust boss has been exams regulator’s interim chair for a year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Covid reversing maths progress, national reference test shows

But the 2021 NRT suggests a ‘surprising’ lack of Covid impact on English performance

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Covid

Plan B: What does this mean for schools?

No change on face masks, don’t move teaching online and inspections cancelled

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Ofsted inspections cancelled next week so schools can prepare for Omicron

Schools will only be inspected if there are safeguarding concerns

John Dickens
John Dickens
Covid

Top university places up 28% after record A-level results

Accepted student numbers on competitive courses have soared

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Wellbeing

MPs want mental health support teams extended to all schools in six years

Committee calls for ‘urgent action’ to prevent services slipping backwards

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Covid

Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant

Acland-Hood also admits she attended December 10 ‘gathering’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Don’t do your own curriculum deep dives, Ofsted urges

Watchdog also warn advice from consultants can be ‘overcomplicated’

James Carr
James Carr
Covid

School leadership supply ‘on the brink’ as headship aspiration ‘plummets’

Over half of deputy heads and middle leaders now say they don’t aspire to headship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Charities contemplate challenging Randstad for NTP contract

Tutor Trust CEO says Zahawi should ‘look seriously’ at whether to use break clause

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Spielman: Achievements ‘disappointingly small’ after year of ‘hokey-cokey’ education

Chief inspector warns that ‘misery became endemic among the young’

James Carr
James Carr
Ofsted

Ofsted annual report 2020-21: 8 things we learned

Ofsted has lost sight of more primary pupils and says reintegration of AP children ‘not a reality’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker