Opinion

Deep dives: Will Ofsted’s plan to check up on the curriculum really work?

Ofsted has finally revealed more about how it will rate the quality of education in schools across England under...

Freddie Whittaker
TOM RICHMOND
News

New Ofsted inspection framework: What schools need to know

Ofsted has published the finalised version of its new inspection framework, which will govern all school visits from this...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE will issue further guidance on right to withdraw from sex education

The Department for Education will issue further guidance on how heads should handle requests to withdraw pupils from sex...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE pledges recruitment process for behaviour network team

The Department for Education insists it will launch a recruitment process for its new “behaviour network” experts, after the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted scraps plan for inspectors to arrive with 2.5 hours notice

Plans to have Ofsted inspectors arrive at schools within two-and-a-half hours of heads being notified of an inspection have...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Timpson review: Questions over councils’ role in oversight of pupil movement

The government will consider giving councils a key role in tracking pupils who move out of schools – sparking...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

I want ‘broad range’ of schools for new network, says DfE behaviour tsar Bennett

Schools that demonstrate “consistency” in behaviour management are being sought for a new £10 million government project – and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

DfE response on AP ‘disingenuous’, says Timpson review adviser

The government is “disingenuous” to claim it has accepted all of Edward Timpson’s recommendations on exclusions, claims an adviser...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Timpson review: School accountability drive ‘could increase exclusions’

Damian Hinds had promised to “work with the sector” to ensure proposals for schools to be accountable for the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker