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Ofsted

Ofsted boss promises report cards will be ‘sensible middle ground’ 

Ofsted’s national director also signals move back to ‘looking more at statutory outcomes’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

SEND delays ‘making children vulnerable’ to violence – report

Inspectorates, including Ofsted, warn delays in assessing SEND needs are ‘putting children at greater risk of harm’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Leader stress ‘chronic and acute’ as pupil behaviour worsens

Education Support warns of ‘disturbingly high rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout’ among school staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

DfE officials grilled on SEND: 7 key findings

Senior civil servants were quizzed on the crisis hit SEND system, after a damning report by the National Audit…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Movers and Shakers

OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down after seven years at the helm

Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


News

Movers and shakers: Primary First, Sutton Trust, Bromcom, Anthem

This week’s movers and shakers include a make-up artist to a Spice Girl and a former student activist

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Minister wants more details on home-to-school travel

Catherine McKinnell says ‘even fundamental information’ such as the number of pupils who receive free transport is not collected

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Home education

Parents will need council permission to home educate children with protection enquiries or plans

Councils will also have to include schools in ‘multi-agency safeguarding teams’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Cyber security

Trust loses almost £400,000 in cyber scam

Police launched an investigation after Wembley Multi-Academy Trust made four payments to fraudsters

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

DfE trials ‘dating agency’ to help trainees find school placement

‘Manage school placements’ service, piloted in Leeds, allows schools to publish opportunities for placing students on teacher training courses

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Scheme will help schools recover energy over-payments

Company will carry out audits to look for ‘anomalies and billing errors’, then recover funds

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth