News Exclusive Academy CEO still ‘absent’ as whistleblower probe continues An academy boss who has been absent from his own trust since April after threatening to “deal with” a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 5y Pippa Allen-Kinross 5y News Leading CEOs: New Ofsted inspections favour middle-class kids The heads of two of the country’s most successful academy trusts have slammed Ofsted’s new regime – claiming “it… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Financial warning for trust that ‘cannot identify’ its own trustees A struggling academy trust that cannot “accurately” identify its members and trustees has been told it must improve its… Pippa Allen-Kinross 5y Pippa Allen-Kinross 5y News Exclusive Ofsted running unofficial ‘sub-grade system’ Ofsted is now issuing caveats to schools retaining their grades in short inspections, a practice experts warn is establishing… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Single-school academy trust head’s pay soars to £280k The head of an academy trust with just one school saw his pay rise to at least £280,000 last… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Employment and completion rates aren’t a good way to measure quality of ITE, finds Ofsted Outcome measures are not an effective indicator of the quality of initial teacher education, because the recruitment landscape means… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y Feature, News What’s preventing more schools from accessing apprenticeships? Almost three years after the launch of the apprenticeship levy, schools are still struggling to find ways to spend… JL Dutaut 5y JL Dutaut 5y News Exclusive Pay freezes and cuts as academy executive pay comes under scrutiny Academy trust bosses have taken five-figure pay cuts, with others agreeing to a salary freeze, after government attempts to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 5y Pippa Allen-Kinross 5y News DfE plans to lift inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools from September Gavin Williamson has vowed to send Ofsted inspectors into every ‘outstanding’-rated school in England within five years, as he… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Schools ‘picking up pieces’ of failing mental health support, study claims Schools are being forced to “pick up the pieces” of a crumbling mental health support system where over a… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Could exams be marked by AI? Ofqual launches ‘exciting’ competition The exams regulator Ofqual is launching a competition to find out if exams can be marked by artificial intelligence…. Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Ofsted director joins academy trust to lead its curriculum work A senior Ofsted figure who was instrumental in developing the watchdog’s new curriculum-focused framework has joined one of the… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y Newer 1 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 980 Older