News Government delays Oak National Academy review A market impact assessment will also ask edtech firms if the online school has harmed their business Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y News ‘Double funding’ likely needed during transition to new SEND system, says IFS IFS warns ‘something has to change’ to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits of £8 billion by 2027 Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Movers and Shakers, Ofqual Dr Susan Tranter appointed Ofqual chair Academy trust CEO takes over from interim chair Frances Wadsworth Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y School funding Exclusive Cost-cutter founder loses out on £7 million contract Institute of School Business Leaders will no longer be responsible for supplying the money-saving experts Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y School buildings Exclusive LocatED: £40k bonus for DfE’s property company boss Latest accounts show £210k-a-year CEO received the bonus in performance-related pay in 2023-24 Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y School buildings Capital cost-cutters save £8m – but what next? The future of the capital advisers’ programme looks in doubt Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Academies Don’t rush to create biblical MATs, Catholic dioceses told All but one of the 19 English Catholic dioceses are pursuing trust growth plans Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 Newer 1 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 1,017 Older