News

Ofsted Academy publishes first inspector training materials

Six inspector training videos uploaded to free-to-access platform as watchdog aims for greater transparency

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Tough choices’ behind academy grant cut, and 5 other findings from education questions

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson and her ministers faced their second bout of questions in Parliament

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Revealed: 36 leaders to form CST policy advisory group

New panel will help 'shape the policy landscape for school trusts across England'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

We’re putting trust leaders at the heart of policy development

CST's new policy advisory group will provide 'critical, front-line perspectives that will help to shape the policy landscape for...

Freddie Whittaker
Steve Rollett
Academies

Academy conversion grant scrapped and ‘no plans’ for further trust capacity fund cash

Academies body says decisions will make it 'much more difficult' for trusts to support schools in need and will...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Budget 2024: Back to the future on school spending

Per-pupil funding will return to 2010 levels, but pressures on schools mean the future won't look that different from...

Freddie Whittaker
Luke Sibieta
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: Most of £1bn SEND injection will plug deficits

Ten things schools need to know after Rachel Reeves delivered her first budget

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: £2.3bn more for schools, including £1bn for SEND

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers first Labour budget in 14 years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker