News Exclusive DfE to spend £7m on hundreds more school cost-cutting consultants The Department for Education will spend £7 million expanding its army of cost-cutting consultants by up to 600 –… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Geoff Barton to serve second term as ASCL leader Geoff Barton is to serve a second term as general secretary of the ASCL school leadership union, after being… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Councils in deficit told to find SEND savings in exchange for £100m bailouts Five councils have been told to cut special needs and disabilities (SEND) spending and reform services in exchange for… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y News Ofsted announces return of area SEND inspections Ofsted will begin revisiting areas where “significant concerns about SEND provision” have been identified from next month, ahead of… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Fact check: Is Ofsted more likely to praise poorer schools’ leaders? Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector, caused a stir last week after claiming that lower grades for schools in deprived… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive Ofsted pilot to look at whether framework ‘tweaks’ are needed ahead of full inspections Ofsted will conduct “full” on-site inspections at about 25 schools over the next fortnight to assess whether its framework… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive £22m from recovery premium to ‘accelerate’ numeracy and literacy progress The government is planning to set up a National Tutoring Programme-style subsidised scheme to “accelerate” pupils’ progress in numeracy… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News Exclusive ‘Flimsy’ medical evidence for Greenwich schools Covid legal threat revealed The medical advice received by Gavin Williamson before he used emergency Covid powers to order a London council to… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive DfE finally deletes pupil nationality and country of birth data The Department for Education has finally deleted its controversial migrant children database, years after it stopped collecting pupil nationality… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Advance sight of exam board questions might be ‘good learning experience’ for pupils, says Ofqual chair Going through materials provided by exam boards to aid with teacher assessment this year might be “a good learning… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y News Ofqual chair: Exam grade evidence not a ‘topic for negotiation’ between teachers and students Evidence used to issue exam grades this year will not be a “topic for negotiation” between teachers and students,… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Sir Kevan Collins: Covid has shown ‘weakness’ of ‘over-centralisation’ in education Over-centralisation has been “revealed to be a weakness” of the education system during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s recovery commissioner… Samantha Booth 5y Samantha Booth 5y Newer 1 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 1,015 Older
