News New Ofsted complaints ‘committees’ will have just two members Ofsted’s newly announced scrutiny committees, which will review complaints about inspections, will comprise of a Her Majesty’s Inspector (HMI)… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News DfE runs ‘targeted’ consultation on academy rules The Government has quietly launched a “targeted” consultation over plans to rewrite regulations that enabled a sole staff member… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Ofsted’s ‘double visits’ will extend into secondary schools Ofsted plans to extend dual visits to secondary schools from September as a test of its new short inspections…. Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Inspectors swoop into east London schools to check attendance data Ofsted is visiting schools across Tower Hamlets in east London to scrutinise pupil attendance data as fears increase over… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News 2,000 more MFL teachers needed for EBacc Schools will have to find more than 2,000 “missing” teachers to meet the government’s demand for the inclusion of… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News The right to shun Christian worship already exists Schools do not need to do a religious collective worship, a former chair of the national association for SACREs… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Grade changes mean up to a fifth of pupils will fail their GCSEs Grades that once achieved a pass at GCSE will no longer count for up to a fifth of pupils… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News EEF head receives one of four knighthoods More than 70 people, including headteachers, heads of academy chains, education charity bosses and governors, were recognised for their… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News UTC ditches clocks in the classroom The clocks have stopped at one university technical college in a bid to make pupils more “professional and business-like”…. Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Ofsted drops half of in-house inspectors Less than half the current “additional inspectors” asked to join Ofsted’s new in-house inspection team made it through the… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Carol Dweck says mindset is not ‘a tool to make children feel good’ The woman behind the theory of growth mindset says she is kept awake by some teachers misusing it to… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y News Teaching assistants threaten strike action over summer school expectations Teaching assistants at a special needs school will take industrial action over new contracts forcing them to work an… Nicky Phillips 11y Nicky Phillips 11y Newer 1 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 1,016 Older
