News Minister: MPs should check up on safeguarding in schools MPs should hold schools to account over safeguarding issues, an education minister has claimed. Anne Milton, skills minister and… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News It’s not the long hours that make teachers want to quit, new research suggests Long hours and lots of marking are not the factors that make teachers want to leave their jobs, according… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Ofsted investigates inspection gaps at outstanding schools Ofsted is to examine “unusually long gaps” between inspections of ‘outstanding’-rated schools, according to minutes of a board meeting…. Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Schools are referring more pupils to social services Schools are sending more vulnerable children to social care services, with more than 110,000 cases last year, the latest… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Fall in Key Stage 2 re-marks A lower proportion of key stage 2 tests were put forward for re-marks this year compared to last year, but… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News Institute for Teaching launches to create ‘expert teachers’ Schools collectively spend more than £1 billion every year on teacher development but it mostly doesn’t help them get… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted plans MAT inspection changes from 2018 Ofsted wants to change the way it inspects multi-academy trusts (MATs) from September 2018, according to a senior inspector…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Black and Asian parents make ‘more ambitious’ school choices Black and Asian parents apply for more school places and are more likely to pick good schools further from… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y News New academies minister: MAT sweet spot is 12 to 20 schools The new academies minister has encouraged academy trusts to team up and expand, and said they should aim to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted to review school knife crime after London mayor complaint Ofsted is to review its approach to knife crime in schools following an intervention from the mayor of London…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Spielman: Let Ofsted inspect Multi-Academy Trusts Ofsted should be allowed to inspect multi-academy trusts, the chief inspector of schools has said. Amanda Spielman told the… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Cuckoo Hall academy slammed for ‘stage, not age’ curriculum A beleagured academy which teaches pupils by “stage, not age” has been put into special measures by Ofsted, after… Jess Staufenberg 8y Jess Staufenberg 8y Newer 1 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 979 Older