Exclusions Exclusive ‘Financial blackmail’: Council to charge schools £21k ‘exclusion levy’ Devon says rising exclusions are no longer affordable, but planned ‘exclusion levy’ could raise £5.1 million Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Ofsted Exclusive Revealed: How academy trusts parachute central teams into Ofsted inspections Two trusts sent in seven extra staff. Another flooded one of its schools with 25. Inspectors say the practice… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y News Exam boards’ plans for on-screen GCSE exams delayed Proposals from all three exam boards to introduce digital exams have fallen behind schedule Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y News Starmer wants 75% of children ‘school-ready’ by 2028 Target of three in four reception pupils at a ‘good’ level of development is one of six key ‘milestones’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Ofsted Ofsted boss ‘worried’ by rise of ‘flexi-schooling’ Sir Martyn Oliver says the inspectorate ‘doesn’t have a proper handle on it’ and has flagged concern with government Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Recruitment and retention Primary teacher recruitment target missed by biggest gap on record Secondary recruitment targets also missed by nearly 40 per cent – but it’s an improvement on last year Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y News Ofsted: ‘Significant numbers of children opted out of orthodox education’ Watchdog also warns using education, health and care plans ‘too widely’ stretches resources ‘too thinly’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Sponsored post Sponsored Text-based programming tools for young learners The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Code Editor helps make learning text-based programming simple for children aged 9 and up. Learn… SWAdvertorial 1y Raspberry Pi 1y Sponsored post Sponsored IncludEd 2025 is coming…5 whole school inclusion insights you need We’ve all been there. You’ve cleared a whole day and then trekked for hours to be at an education… SWAdvertorial 1y IncludEd Conference 1y News MPs plead for BTECs reprieve ahead of crunch review Parliament’s education select committee has stepped in days before level 3 review is expected to be published Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Free school meals Universal infant free school meals funding rises by 5p But funding still lags far behind the actual cost of providing meals in schools Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y News £740m earmarked to create SEND places in mainstream DfE also announces it won’t enter into any more safety valve agreements with struggling councils Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Newer 1 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 1,016 Older
