Ofsted

Ofsted chief wants inspection to feel like ‘peer review system’

Inspection should be ‘of the system, by the system, for children and parents’, says Sir Martyn Oliver

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

SEND reforms pilot already nine months behind schedule

Some changes have gone down like ‘cold sick’, while others are more popular, consortium member reports

Samantha Booth
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Exams

‘Change on an unprecedented scale’: Ofqual responds to ABS plans

Qualifications reform risks more exams, ‘unregulated’ A-levels and students unprepared for higher study, says exams regulator

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Faith schools

Faith schools reform: Everything you need to know

Documents reveal DfE plans to allow existing free schools to apply to lift 50% faith admissions cap

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Faith schools

DfE to lift 50% faith admissions cap and allow religious special schools

Campaigners warn move will ‘increase religious and racial segregation in our schools’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Hacking homework for exam breach suspect

A 16-year-old boy has been cautioned in connection with an exam board cyber attack

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Recruitment

Now Teach: DfE ‘re-assessing’ how to get career-changers

Damian Hinds was quizzed about the decision to axe programme’s funding

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Anti-terrorism

Code words and ‘grab kits’: new anti-terror advice for schools

Schools advised to appoint ‘security leads’ to reduce terror risks in first sector-specific guidance

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy staff could strike over ‘excessive’ GAG pooling

National Education Union members at the Hastings Academy are expected to vote on proposed walkouts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Small academy trusts warned over asking for government advice

Leaders believe chain was pushed towards a merger by the DfE after calling in finance and governance experts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment

Now Teach: DfE axes funding for recruitment programme

Ex-DfE advisor and former education secretary criticise funding cut amid recruitment and retention crisis

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Music

Quarter of schools missing one-hour music target

Expectation was introduced in September as part of the government’s national plan for music

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth