News Some mental health schemes actually ‘increased emotional difficulties’, finds landmark trial Four out of five interventions tested in government-funded trial led to ‘adverse’ or ‘negative’ effects on some pupils Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Accountability Exclusive Who are the ‘stuck’ schools in line for £100k support? Most are already academies, and a third won’t be eligible because of recent ‘structural change’ Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo News Leaders give new Ofsted inspection toolkits the red card ‘The draft grade descriptors look as though they have been cobbled together with insufficient consideration of how they will… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Academies DfE abandons plan to scrap free school faith admissions cap The previous Conservative government consulted on the proposals last year Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted’s 11 grades will make judgments less reliable – experts The inspectorate plans to use a five-point grading system to judge schools in nine key areas, plus early years… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Ofqual Sir Ian Bauckham confirmed as permanent Ofqual chief The former academy trust CEO has served in an interim capacity for over a year Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted report cards verdict: Parents and school staff have their say Polls suggest parents favour the proposed Ofsted model to the old one, while teachers and leaders oppose it Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Opinion: Accountability Report card reforms run critical reliability risks Introducing a new school grading system also brings new risks that outcomes won’t reliably measure school quality JL Dutaut 6mo John Jerrim and Christian Bokhove 6mo Academies Investigation Academy trust central teams gobble up £200m Analysis of the 30 largest trusts found the average amount top-sliced has risen by 50% per pupil since 2021 Jack Dyson 6mo Jack Dyson 6mo Schools Exclusive Cease and desist: Trust supports staff to sue online trolls Provision for staff sickness cover will be broadened to cover defamation Jack Dyson 6mo Jack Dyson 6mo Movers and Shakers Labour reformer among four appointed to DfE board Naomi Eisenstadt, Steve Crocker, Rebecca George and Margaret Casely-Hayford will each earn £15,000 for around 24 days’ work per… Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Prevent Child Prevent referrals to be ‘routinely’ escalated Major review comes after teenager who murdered three girls in Southport was referred to the programme three times Rosa Furneaux 6mo Rosa Furneaux 6mo Newer 1 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 989 Older
