News

Call for action as 400,000 children await autism or ADHD appointments

Getting a neurodevelopmental condition diagnosis one of the 'only ways' to unlock school support, warns children's commissioner

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE lets councils skirt minimum funding rules to prop up SEND

LAs given permission to set per-pupil funding below national minimums as deficits spiral

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Phonics results creep up, but remain below pre-pandemic

Four in five pupils meet the government's 'expected standard'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Russell Hobby to step down as Teach First CEO

Former NAHT general secretary says he has 'loved my time' at teacher training charity

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Longer school day has ‘small yet positive’ attainment boost

Schools with top Ofsted grades and selective schools more likely to have extended days, finds EPI

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Parachute payments’ could help schools cope with falling rolls

Report warns of a 'clear and present danger to the financial sustainability of many primary schools'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted: ECF and NPQ providers get more time to request deferrals

Watchdog will also allow providers to present extra evidence in inspector meetings and give them longer to raise concerns

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oracy

Teacher training, GCSE reform and investment needed to make oracy the ‘fourth R’

Oracy Commission sets out how to embed speaking, listening and communication throughout the curriculum

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

NASUWT leader Dr Patrick Roach to step down

Trade unionist says he won't seek a second term in the teaching union's top job

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker