Ofsted

Ofsted proposes giving schools one of five ratings across 10 areas

Plans for report cards shared with leaders show schools graded from 'exemplary' to 'causing concern' against areas including...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofqual investigates extra exam time at private schools

Forty-two per cent of private school pupils get extra time, compared to 26.5 per cent of state pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pensions

First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 proposed

Plans would see employee contribution rates rise by up to £200 a year - but lowest-paid would not be...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE told to abolish ‘overwhelmingly negative’ T-level transition course

Think tank says foundation year is ‘failing’ in main aim – promoting progression to T-levels

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel
News

Leader stress ‘chronic and acute’ as pupil behaviour worsens

Education Support warns of 'disturbingly high rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout' among school staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Youth club closures affected GCSE results, warns IfS report

Study also estimates that for every £1 saved from closing youth clubs, 'there are societal costs of nearly £3'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

EEF regional partnerships to help 300 schools boost outcomes

Charity says £700,000 two-year projects will create 10 partnerships, each led by an EEF-supported research school

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Three ways to target school funding at worst-off pupils

Education Policy Institute urges new government to use falling rolls to target up to £640m a year at 'persistently...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Sixth form college teachers vote to strike over ‘farcical’ pay situation

NEU announces strikes at 32 sixth form colleges on November 28, December 3 and 4

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel