Academies

Don’t rush to create biblical MATs, Catholic dioceses told

All but one of the 19 English Catholic dioceses are pursuing trust growth plans

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exclusions

‘Financial blackmail’: Council to charge schools £21k ‘exclusion levy’

Devon says rising exclusions are no longer affordable, but planned ‘exclusion levy’ could raise £5.1 million

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Revealed: How academy trusts parachute central teams into Ofsted inspections

Two trusts sent in seven extra staff. Another flooded one of its schools with 25. Inspectors say the practice…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

Exam boards’ plans for on-screen GCSE exams delayed

Proposals from all three exam boards to introduce digital exams have fallen behind schedule

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Starmer wants 75% of children ‘school-ready’ by 2028

Target of three in four reception pupils at a ‘good’ level of development is one of six key ‘milestones’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted boss ‘worried’ by rise of ‘flexi-schooling’

Sir Martyn Oliver says the inspectorate ‘doesn’t have a proper handle on it’ and has flagged concern with government

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Recruitment and retention

Primary teacher recruitment target missed by biggest gap on record

Secondary recruitment targets also missed by nearly 40 per cent – but it’s an improvement on last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Ofsted: ‘Significant numbers of children opted out of orthodox education’

Watchdog also warns using education, health and care plans ‘too widely’ stretches resources ‘too thinly’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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News

MPs plead for BTECs reprieve ahead of crunch review

Parliament’s education select committee has stepped in days before level 3 review is expected to be published

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Free school meals

Universal infant free school meals funding rises by 5p

But funding still lags far behind the actual cost of providing meals in schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker