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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Music Exclusive 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y Newer 1 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 970 Older