Ofsted

Is Ofsted right to fear the rise of flexi-schooling? 

‘A switched-on parent can do more in 40 minutes of one-to-one than a class’

Freddie Whittaker
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

SEND tribunals soar by 55%, and almost all still side with families

Ministry of Justice reports 21,000 SEN appeals in 2023-24, up from less than 14,000 the year before

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Home education soars by 21% in a year

And the number 'missing' education entirely has risen by 28 per cent

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Artificial Intelligence

Using ChatGPT can cut lesson planning by 31% – EEF study

Randomised control trial found teachers told to use the generative AI cut 25.3 minutes from their planning time

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

Teacher recruitment could be worse than it looks, DfE suggests

Government forecasts 'challenging period' ahead, will review NPQs...but there are record returners

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE seeks teacher pay body’s views on 9-day fortnights and staggered starts

Views sought on areas where teachers' pay and conditions 'may pose a barrier to flexible working'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

DfE: 2.8% teacher pay rise ‘would be appropriate’ for 2025-26

Schools told they will need to find 'efficiencies' to 'supplement' extra cash allocated at the budget

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Competition watchdog opens ‘suspected bid-rigging’ probe into school repair contracts

CMA says it has 'reason to suspect' companies 'illegally colluded to rig bids to secure contracts'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools urged to register defibrillators as half ‘invisible’ to ambulance crews

Leaders urged to take five minutes to register their life-saving device on a national database

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker