Recruitment and retention

We need NHS-style long-term school workforce plan, says NIoT boss

Melanie Renowden wants to see education equivalent to health service’s 15-year recruitment and retention plan

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

Unions: ‘Clunky’ advanced British standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for pupils

Ministers accused of ‘putting the cart before the horse’ with 16-19 reform plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Governance

‘A disgrace’: Plug pulled on governor recruitment scheme

Ministers ‘taking governors for granted’ as ‘final piece’ of governance funding axed

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Recruitment

DfE on track to miss teacher recruitment targets, again

NFER analysis predicts secondary target miss despite improving picture, and worsening primary recruitment as crisis reaches ‘critical state’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Ministers reject council’s 15-year safety valve plan

Council chief said they ‘acted with integrity’ over controversial SEND deal

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Constrained’ funding could ‘compromise’ inspection reliability

Watchdog’s chair warns actions to absorb rising costs are a ‘short-term fix’ and will likely ‘store up cost pressures’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter


Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Kat Howard, Summer Turner, James Biddulph, Majella McCarthy

Leader who served ex-PM breakfast and almost starred in Hollyoaks and principal who lived in rainforest among those starting…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Governance

Schools and trusts slow to publish governors diversity data

Government wants diversity details of boards to be ‘widely available’, but data protection a barrier, report trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

‘Missed opportunity’ as teaching hubs lose CPD role

Teaching hubs will no longer provide continuous professional development next year

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted chief told of ousted heads’ gagging clause ordeals

Sister of Ruth Perry says use of non-disclosure agreements after bad Ofsteds could be stopping heads raising further system…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’

Government criticised for committing ‘platoon of civil servants’ to policy unlikely to come to fruition

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted eyes tweaks to inspector role to boost expertise

As trusts poach inspectors and ‘highest ever’ levels of apathy towards joining inspectorate, how will Ofsted boost its expertise?

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey