Opinion

Cuts and overbearing accountability have driven me out of headship

Andy Mellor, the past president of the NAHT, has left his role at St Nicholas Church of England primary...

Freddie Whittaker
ANDY MELLOR
News

Small schools could miss out on ‘top-up’ funding, DfE warned

The Department for Education has pledged to consider changes to its national funding formula after it was warned that...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Halfon to seek re-election as education committee chair

Robert Halfon, the former education minister who chaired the Parliamentary education committee for the past two-and-a-half years, will seek...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Queen’s Speech 2: Nothing new for schools as government focuses on funding

There were no new policies for schools in today’s Queen’s speech, with ministers focusing instead on existing pledges on...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

New ‘orphan schools’ trust takes on first school

An academy trust set up by the government to run so-called “orphan schools” has been approved to take on...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Ofsted must do more to acknowledge staff who go the extra mile

Schools with more pupils from deprived backgrounds are still less likely to be judged ‘good’. Ofsted must do more...

Freddie Whittaker
STEPHEN TIERNEY
News

University participation: Disadvantage gap widens to largest in a decade

Better-off pupils are now more likely than their poorer peers to progress to university than at any point since...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Williamson stays on as education secretary, but must replace his two top advisers

Gavin Williamson has returned to work at the Department for Education after his party won a majority at last...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Conditional unconditional’ offers up, but fewer pupils accept

The use of so-called “strings attached” offers by universities shows no sign of abating, but pupils are now less...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker