Ofsted

‘Put the blinkers on and ignore Ofsted’ says government social mobility tsar

Katharine Birbalsingh says she doesn't see inspectorate as a 'force for good'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Labour will ‘look at’ Ofsted grades as part of watchdog reforms

Shadow education secretary says parents don't always have a 'clear sense' of what school ratings mean

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Pay reforms leave women teachers out of pocket

Decline in progression after 2014 reforms 'more pronounced' for part-time staff, DfE analysis finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: 8 interesting findings from the DfE’s STRB evidence

Ministers' submission includes analysis of the teacher recruitment and retention market, as well as staff pay trends

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Stop ‘clogging’ curriculum with ‘reams of guidance’, Barton tells ministers

Union leader says it's time to 'strip back our national curriculum to its essential core'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Nearly 10% of year 11s still absent from school as exams loom

Leaders describe new data as 'extremely worrying' as exam students remain worst-hit by absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

IFS: Most teachers will still be worse off after pay rise

Starting salaries will rise, but more experienced teachers face 5% real-terms pay cut, warns think tank

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Most councils don’t know how many children are ‘missing’ education

Children's commissioner calls for reform after finding 'significant weaknesses' in data held by local authorities

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Covid: Attendance reaches 9-month high, but schools ‘not out of the woods’

More than one in ten schools still report high staff absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker