Teacher strikes

Sixth form college teachers vote to strike over ‘farcical’ pay situation

NEU announces strikes at 32 sixth form colleges on November 28, December 3 and 4

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

Judging schools on middle-class admissions isn’t even possible, says Ofsted

Official also says the watchdog will draw on its off-rolling clampdown as it develops inclusivity checks

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

EPI calls for review of phonics screening check

Researchers argue there’s ‘no evidence’ the checks led to improved outcomes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Education policy

New institute hopes to inform and reform policy-making

Body set up by leading education experts wants to take classroom evidence revolution into national policy making

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Hacked pupil records at Capita rise to more than 50k

A full investigation reveals more pupil records have been impacted than initially thought

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Funding cut may force trusts to scrap expansion plans

Warning made as trusts left up to £100,000 out of pocket after government scrapped capacity funding

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Exams

AQA uses injunction to clamp down on exam paper cheats

England’s largest exam board said it is taking ‘proactive enforcement against those who try to undermine confidence in exams’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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…

Samantha Booth
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