Academies Exclusive Revealed: First MAT set to surpass 100 schools with merger United Learning’s proposal to merge with another trust would take its academy tally into three figures Jack Dyson 2w Jack Dyson 2w Inclusion Exclusive Peer networks provide support for new inclusion bases Two London-based schools are leading networks specialising in autism provision Ruth Lucas 2w Ruth Lucas 2w Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: FEA, Infinity, EPI, GDST This week’s movers and shakers include a kinship carer, an air skiier and a former The Apprentice hopeful Schools Week Reporter 2w Schools Week Reporter 2w Inclusion ‘Little surprise’ lawyers and ‘vested interests’ oppose SEND reform, says Phillipson ‘They want the system to remain as it is, because they make a profit, often out of exploiting parents’ Freddie Whittaker 2w Freddie Whittaker 2w Academies Exclusive End of advisory boards leaves civil servants with ‘monopoly on wisdom’ Ministers axe regional director meetings as analysis shows some ‘have essentially ceased to exist’ Jack Dyson 2w Jack Dyson 2w Ofsted Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from school groups Trial will see leaders recruited in groups from trusts and other school networks to make inspection ‘more collaborative’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w School improvement Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance MAT chiefs selected to spearhead Labour’s bid to make pupils’ transition into secondary less ‘challenging’ Jack Dyson 2w Jack Dyson 2w Schools ASCL conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Live updates from our journalists in Liverpool Freddie Whittaker 2w Freddie Whittaker 2w Inclusion Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion Documents reveal how councils’ deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision Samantha Booth 2w Samantha Booth 2w Ofsted Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison Martyn Oliver to claim pattern of gradings in new inspections shows watchdog is ‘raising standards’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w School funding ASCL conference: Pay and funding uncertainty loom as heads meet in Liverpool ‘I think that will be what is at the front of everyone’s minds. It’ll be a cloud over the… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w Ofsted School staff need better training to support children in care – Ofsted Watchdog also warns that issues with the systems of support for young people create ‘barriers to progress’ Freddie Whittaker 2w Freddie Whittaker 2w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1,031 Older
