Grammar Schools

Mock 11-plus entrance exams boost grammars’ funds

Investigation finds tens of thousands raised through PTA-run tests help grammars pay for laptops, cricket nets and new buildings

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Spielman: ‘I’d rather be unpopular than say things I didn’t believe to be true’

Former chief inspector speaks to Schools Week about her time leading the embattled inspectorate

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted

Ofsted report cards: What we know so far…

New Ofsted reports from next September will focus on schools’ context, their inclusivity and on pupil happiness and wellbeing

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Education policy

School improvement teams ‘will offer support to all’

New regional teams pledged in Labour manifesto will be rolled out from early 2025

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Oak National Academy

Meet Aila, Oak Academy’s new AI assistant

Union leader hopes the tool ‘gives teachers their Sunday nights back’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

New council seeks solutions to ‘lost learning’ from absence and exclusions

Research finds 32 million days were lost to unauthorised absence and exclusions in 2022-23

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


News

Phillipson meets with unions to plan new ‘partnership’ model

Unions and employers would be asked for perspectives at ‘early stage’ of policy development

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted names new ‘external reference group’ members

Groups will offer ‘independent advice and challenge’ as watchdog embarks on wide-ranging reforms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Some Ofsted reports will seem more positive without headline grades

Three in five schools rated ‘requires improvement’ last year had two or more ‘good’ sub-grades

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Academies Enterprise Trust rebrands as Lift Schools

Move will match trust’s ‘grown ambitions’, boss says

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted’s Big Listen: The 12 policies schools need to know

Monday Ofsted calls, reformed framework and new safeguarding letters announced

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Gilbert review: Ofsted ‘defensive and complacent’ after head’s death

Former inspector Dame Christine Gilbert’s damning review found the headteacher’s suicide ‘shone a light on a climate of fear…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker