Budget 2024

Labour’s first budget: after the dust has settled, here’s what we know…

A week on from the budget, Schools Week looks at how it may impact schools and the Department for…

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Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum

Becky Francis reveals ‘emerging themes’ from curriculum review

Francis says ‘frequent complaints’ include that assessment and exams ‘dictate curriculum’, which is also ‘overprescribed and overstuffed’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

MAT CEOs ‘making inspections more adversarial’, Ofsted boss says

Ofsted chief makes plea to sector to stop inspections ‘running hot and bring the temperature down’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Schools

Measuring school disadvantage: a better way?

Researchers call for measures to look at how populated an area is rather than current ‘crude’ measures

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Academies

Phillipson ‘open’ to academies returning to council oversight

Education secretary also considering plans for LAs to open new schools again

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour reviewing all of Eton’s proposed ‘elite’ state schools

Planned sixth forms in Dudley, Teeside and Oldham are part of a review of whether 44 free schools offer value…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


School improvement

‘Who is accountable?’: Leaders question government’s new RISE teams

Despite more details about Labour’s school improvement plans, there are big concerns and questions. Schools Week investigates …

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy freedoms? ‘I’ve never seen teachers more enslaved’ says school standards tsar

Sir Kevan Collins warns of a ‘narrow compliance culture’ in some schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Phillipson puts pupil happiness, wellbeing and inclusion at centre of first sector speech

Education secretary says while exam results ‘open important doors, A*s alone don’t set young people up for a healthy…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Academy trust boss to lead new school inclusion expert panel

Government also appoints new SEND ‘strategic adviser’ and neurodiversity expert team to boost inclusivity in mainstream schools

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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How tailored coaching training can transform whole-school cultures

Sophie Enstone, Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching, Goffs Academy, shares her perspective on her coaching journey, how it’s been…

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News

Educating Greater Manchester head Drew Povey banned from teaching

Misconduct panel finds former leader ‘failed to prevent’ off-rolling and to protect pupils from the ‘risk of potential harm’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker