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 11mo Lucas Cumiskey and Samantha Booth 11mo Curriculum Exclusive EEF boss Professor Becky Francis to lead Labour curriculum review Labour is expected to announce her appointment shortly Samantha Booth 11mo Samantha Booth 11mo Academies Academy transfer market cost £45m under Tories More than 2,000 academies have been rebrokered since 2013 Schools Week Reporter 11mo Schools Week Reporter 11mo 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 11mo Freddie Whittaker 11mo 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 11mo Freddie Whittaker 11mo Exams Exclusive 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 11mo Samantha Booth 11mo 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 11mo Lucas Cumiskey 11mo Exams Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’ Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of ‘love letter’ free text box Samantha Booth 11mo Samantha Booth 11mo 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 11mo Lucas Cumiskey 11mo 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 11mo Lucas Cumiskey 11mo 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 11mo Freddie Whittaker 11mo Politics Eight things we learned from first Phillipson sector address The new education secretary talked Ofsted, her curriculum review, behaviour and support staff in a webinar for school workers Freddie Whittaker 11mo Freddie Whittaker 11mo Newer 1 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 979 Older