News

League tables to score schools on how many pupils take up higher apprenticeships

The government will start including data on the number of pupils schools send on to higher-level apprenticeships in school...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Academy trusts are becoming more risk-averse, says former schools commissioner

Academy trusts have become more risk-averse as the government has increased its auditing of their work, the former national...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Great academy sponsors can be transformational. Here’s how we can find more of them

The weakest schools will continue to fail unless we have MATs and leaders with the moral purpose ready to...

Freddie Whittaker
SIR DAVID CARTER
News

ICO warns schools after head fined for unlawfully obtaining pupils’ personal data

School leaders have been warned they will face action if they abuse their position of trust following the successful...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted to introduce new MAT ‘summary evaluations’ this month

A new inspection regime for multi-academy trusts will be introduced this month, Ofsted has revealed. In its annual report,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted annual report reveals plight of ‘stuck schools’

One in ten secondary schools in the north east, Yorkshire and the Humber and the east midlands have been “stuck”...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Avoid ‘uncritical use’ of PISA scores, researchers warn ministers

Ministers should avoid “uncritical use” of PISA scores because the tests ignore important elements of what English schools teach,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE names 16 grammar schools that will split £50m expansion cash

The 16 grammar schools that will split the government’s first round of expansion funding have been named by the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE sets out ‘red flags’ for parents who use out-of-school settings

New draft guidance by the Department for Education seeks to help parents identify “red flags” in the safeguarding policies...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker