Exams

Cyber attack: Exam boards told to introduce new security measures

Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said regulator will undertake ‘rigorous’ checks on exam board plans to move tests on-screen

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Labour: SEND challenge ‘enormous’ but plan will come post-election

Party needs ‘much fuller understanding’ of ‘how chaotic the system has become and what needs to change’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
MAT central teams

Trust rejects claims from head who resigned over ‘high’ top slice

Heads tells parents in letter his ‘significant concerns’ over ‘how trust operates at its top levels’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Council faces legal action over controversial safety valve deal

Parents call for ‘transparency’ on high needs bail outs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
School funding

Use falling rolls to raise per-pupil funding, Barton urges politicians

Decreasing pupil numbers presents opportunity to make a ‘world of difference to children and young people’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Keegan: ‘I’d have punched Ofsted inspector’

Education secretary makes claim after hearing about ‘rude’ inspectors at school

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Ofsted

Sir Martyn Oliver’s first big Ofsted speech: in full

Ofsted chief inspector promises to ‘do more to recognise the challenging circumstances heads face’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted website change will show ‘component’ grades – Oliver

Visitors to watchdog’s website will see sub-judgments like ‘quality of education’ and ‘leadership and management’ on school pages

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Attendance

ASCL president urges ‘change of tone’ as parental disputes drive absence

Politicians and commentators ‘far too quick to take potshots at schools’, says trust CEO John Camp

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Tutoring: Another £1m saved as mentor scheme axed early

Demand has dropped for mentors with only a fifth of the target reached last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Unions

New ASCL boss strikes optimistic tone as pay battle looms

Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to Schools Week as he prepares to take over at headteachers’ union

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

AQA to launch free digital maths tests for schools

But England’s largest exam board has delayed plans to introduce on-screen exams

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker