News

Phillipson meets with unions to plan new ‘partnership’ model

Unions and employers would be asked for perspectives at 'early stage' of policy development

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

‘Inclusion’ a key ‘criterion’ for new Ofsted report cards

Schools that turn away SEND pupils face being 'graded down', says chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Gilbert review: Ofsted ‘defensive and complacent’ after head’s death

Former inspector Dame Christine Gilbert's damning review found the headteacher's suicide 'shone a light on a climate of fear...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted headline grades scrapped: What schools need to know

Sub-judgments and intervention in worst-performing schools continue, but double RI rule scrapped

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Headline Ofsted grades scrapped with immediate effect

Schools will continue to be rated on four sub-judgments until new report cards come in next September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum

Revealed: 12-member panel to lead Labour curriculum review

Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exams expert among those appointed to work with Professor Becky Francis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

GCSE results 2024: Ofqual’s Ian Bauckham answers our questions

Ofqual chief speaks about rising top grades, changes to French and German grading and the regulator's wider work

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Bauckham: Assessment review should ‘look at’ GCSE re-sits policy

Ofqual chief says policy requiring pupils without a grade 4 to re-take English and maths should form part of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
GCSE results 2024

GCSEs 2024: Top grades up 1% as results ‘settle back’ post-Covid

But education secretary warns of 'unacceptable, entrenched regional disparities'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker