Heads revolt over planned expansion of London school Council intervenes in plan for secondary in neighbouring borough to increase its official capacity
‘Go further’ on school social care reform, says review author Schools need a seat at the safeguarding ‘table’, says Josh MacAlister, after government kicks reforms down the road
Prevent review: Schools need ‘independent’ monitoring and better training Shawcross review of counter-extremism duty warns of ‘ambiguity’ of how schools’ compliance is monitored
Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE Government says GPs are ‘unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental health’
Teach First loses £2m bonuses after ‘inadequate’ recruitment DfE officials noted this year had been ‘challenging’, with the government missing its own targets
Ofsted suspends ‘independent’ scrutiny panels Watchdog accused of being ‘unaccountable to anyone but themselves’
Ofsted’s science subject report: The key things leaders need to know Ofsted found some primary pupils go months without science classes, although picture is improving after pandemic disruption
Female Ofsted inspectors hand out harsher grades, study suggests New research from the University of Southampton and UCL suggests female inspectors and HMIs may be less lenient in Ofsted judgments
The broken link between exam results and Ofsted ratings Schools Week analyses the relationship between Progress 8 scores and inspectors’ ratings