News Neil Carmichael appointed new chair of education select committee Conservative MP for Stroud Neil Carmichael has told Schools Week of his excitement at being appointed as the new… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Ambition for next five years is to ‘spread excellence’ in schools Education secretary Nicky Morgan says her ambition for the next five years is “spreading the excellence in schools we’ve… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan calls for state education to be ‘constantly improved’ Former Daily Mirror editor and one-time Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan has said it’s “imperative that standards of… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Majority of school leaders would risk lower Ofsted ratings by not offering EBacc to all pupils A survey of school leaders and teachers has shown they would not make the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) compulsory for… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Reading is first UTC to get coveted ‘outstanding’ grade Reading’s University Technical College (UTC) has become the first in the country to be graded “outstanding” by Ofsted as… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Independent Academies Association goes into liquidation The Independent Academies Association (IAA) has gone into liquidation citing changes in the academies’ landscape as one of the… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Regional School Commissioners handed power to choose sponsors for “failing” schools Regional School Commissioners are to be given formal powers to find sponsors to take over “failing” maintained schools, it has been… Sophie Scott 10y Sophie Scott 10y News Nicky Morgan announces Tom Bennett as new ‘behaviour expert’ Nicky Morgan will today reveal plans to tackle pupil misbehaviour through the appointment of a new behaviour expert, Tom… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Grade 5 will be the new, harder, GCSE pass rate A 5 will be the new ‘pass’ grade when GCSEs switch to numbered grading, education secretary Nicky Morgan is… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News New Ofsted schools inspection headings confirmed as common inspection framework is launched Plans to judge schools on the effectiveness of leadership and management, the quality of learning and assessment and pupils’… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Ofsted plan for ‘exceptional leader’ letters receives nervous reaction from heads In a series of changes to Ofsted practices set out by Michael Wilshaw today, headteachers who are doing an… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Guide to the New Ofsted Reforms: Shorter inspections, ‘exceptional leaders’ and complaints scrutiny Michael Wilshaw has announced a series of changes to Ofsted practices from September this year. It was already known… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 969 Older