Teacher training

DfE: New teacher training providers could get future accreditation ‘opportunities’

Clarification comes after bruising re-accreditation process saw 68 existing providers lose out

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

Ofsted bids goodbye to ‘state of the nation’ schools measure

Beloved of Conservative ministers but found to be misleading, the ‘90% good or outstanding’ metric is on its way…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Teacher training inspections won’t return until January 2026

ITT Ofsted inspections are set to be postponed this year, Schools Week understands, as new reforms introduced in September…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

Schools keeping top Ofsted grade almost doubled last year

The number of schools rated ‘less than good’ also falls to lowest ever in final year before headline grades…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment

Revealed: The ‘isolated’ schools missing out on effective heads

Study reveals which areas are unable to attract the best headteachers

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
SEND

School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book

Experts warn ‘we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


News

Home schooling proposals spark ‘abuser’s charter’ warning

Proposals could ‘lead to abusive former partners… making nuisance-mongering referrals,’ campaigner claims

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Trusts paid out £3m in rule-breaching related-party deals

Related-party transaction breaches were flagged in 52 academy trust accounts last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Bigger trusts wanted to ignore small schools, says regional chief

DfE regions group ‘pushed back’ against obstinate CEOs to make sure small schools were ‘looked after’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Calls for Labour to publish schools ‘vision’ in white paper

Leaders warn ‘bitty announcements’ reveal a ‘confusing approach to reform’

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted

‘Ofsted Numberwang’: Backlash over leaked report card plans

Schools could be judged on a sliding, five-point scale from ‘exemplary’ to ‘causing concerns’ across 10 evaluation areas

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey