Ofsted

How will ungraded Ofsted inspections work from September?

Watchdog sets out its plans after Sir Martyn Oliver scrapped subject deep dives for shorter visits

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Eight things we learned from Ofsted’s annual accounts

Inspectorate has had a ‘difficult’ year and faces ‘significant’ financial challenges, documents warn

Freddie Whittaker
Lucas Cumiskey and Samantha Booth
Curriculum

EEF boss Professor Becky Francis to lead Labour curriculum review

Labour is expected to announce her appointment shortly

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Academy transfer market cost £45m under Tories

More than 2,000 academies have been rebrokered since 2013

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Falling rolls

DfE revises up pupils forecast – but numbers still due to plummet

Government estimates there will be 260,000 more pupils than previously predicted in state schools by 2028

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exclusions

Exclusions higher than pre-Covid as suspensions rise again

New education minister slams ‘shocking’ figures as suspensions rates remain are record high

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exams

GCSEs 2024: More generous grades for French, German and computer science

Ofqual said language changes will align grades with Spanish, while computer science results found to have been ‘more stringent’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’

Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of ‘love letter’ free text box

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Recruitment

Young people still interested in teaching, but aren’t signing up

Shifting career preferences not to blame for ‘persistently sluggish’ teacher recruitment, finds NFER

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher pay

1 in 4 young teachers would swap generous pension for more pay

More than a quarter of teachers in their 20s would sacrifice a better pension to boost their take-home pay…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Child poverty

Bridget Phillipson to help lead child poverty taskforce

It comes after Labour today announced plans for a ‘children’s wellbeing bill’ in the King’s Speech

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Politics

King’s Speech 2024: What’s in it for schools?

Labour government will introduce a raft of schools policies through its ‘children’s wellbeing bill’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker