Academies

Academy broke rules over head’s Botox and aromatherapy courses

Trust issued warning notice after probe found payments for ‘luxury’ hotel stays and ‘excessive spending’ on gifts, documents state

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Mobile phones

School smartphone bans reduce overall screen time, poll suggests

Polling also seems to show tougher policies aren’t harder to enforce – contrary to claims

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

Investigation: How councils routinely breach exclusion duty

Councils have six days to find excluded pupils a suitable full-time education. But some youngsters are waiting two years…

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Teacher strikes

Teachers strike over schools’ plans for classes of 30

Headteachers in the north London borough of Haringey also want to increase teacher-contact time

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools Bill

Committee slaps down DfE over ‘rushed’ schools bill timetable

Government’s approach has prevented full scrutiny of sweeping reforms, say MPs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted to trial inspection proposals with 240 ‘visits’

Watchdog sets out plans to test its proposed approach to inspection

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Exams

OCR pauses geography GCSE changes amid ‘unanswered questions’ about future of exams

Exam board believes it is ‘wise to wait’ for the outcome of the curriculum and assessment review

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE opens re-accreditation round for teacher training providers

Move comes after over a quarter of ITT providers lost their accreditation in the government’s bruising market review

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

David Ross trust CEO steps down

36-school MAT launches search for successor with chief executive due to leave in Autumn

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Alternative provision

DfE data under-states teacher vacancies in alternative provision

Government urged to separate data for special schools and AP in official statistics, amid warning it masks ‘differences’ between…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ex-inspectors launch ‘alternative big consultation’ on Ofsted report cards

Former senior officials behind the ‘alternative big listen’ last year fear proposals come with a ‘take it or leave…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted should measure schools on time pupils get to play – report

Study suggests children are spending less time playing both at school and outside education

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks