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
T-levels

T-level content review launched amid ‘worrying’ drop-out rate

Government said both the ‘breadth of content’ and ‘burden of assessment’ could be changed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Tribunals

Lilac Sky founder drops legal challenge over school ban

Former trust boss says action was ‘unfair’, but hearing allegations in public would ‘create more stress’

John Dickens
John Dickens
Teach First

‘It’s not just about top graduates’: Teach First changes tack in 2030 strategy

CEO Russell Hobby talks career-changers, a new focus on leadership and becoming less reliant on government contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy trust defends £40k Teslas for central team staff

Aspirations Academies Trust has paid around £90,000 over three years for the leased vehicles

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

DfE ‘actively looking’ at reforms to £10k special schools place funding

Deputy director Tom Goldman tells conference funding should ‘probably’ change over time

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Behaviour

Schools lose a quarter of lesson time to poor behaviour – DfE survey

Leaders warn of worsening issues and a growing impact on their wellbeing

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted

Politicians and media would ‘draw own conclusions’ if Ofsted grades scrapped – DfE

Government also rejects calls from MPs to reduce the frequency of inspections

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Funding

Keegan: ‘Hard to guarantee’ we’ll fully fund teacher pay rise

Education secretary says it will be ‘difficult’ for government to raid its own budget again, but says she will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
High Court

School slams Ofsted’s ‘mystifying’ refusal to explain grade, High Court hears

All Saints Academy Dunstable claims Ofsted did not provide ‘adequate reasons for very serious judgments’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

School loses court battle over Ofsted downgrade to ‘good’

Thomas Telford school took watchdog to court over row about ‘cooling off periods’ not being registered as suspensions

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey