Opinion

Ofqual must be bolder on digital exams

The proposal to limit digital exams to only two subjects per exam board is unduly restrictive

Freddie Whittaker
Colin Hughes
The Research Leader

DfE should support struggling private schools to become academies

A targeted approach could help provide a high-quality state-funded education to pupils from a wide range of backgrounds

Freddie Whittaker
Tom Richmond
Opinion

SEND reforms must strengthen legal foundations, not weaken them

Ministers themselves acknowledge that families have endured too much for too long. That is precisely why legal safeguards matter

Freddie Whittaker
Madeleine Cassidy
Opinion

The white paper is ambitious, but its success hinges on the unknown details

Parents will need reassurance that tiered support and reforms to EHCPs do not simply become a new set of...

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Andrews
Assessment

DfE wants to ditch ‘average’ labels for school progress scores

The current 'confidence interval' ratings can limit understanding of a school's performance, the government has said

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Give heads what they need to make inclusive mainstream work

This is not about withdrawing support from children. It's about changing the way that support is offered

Freddie Whittaker
Cathie Paine
Schools white paper

White paper: £1.6bn for mainstream inclusion, £1.8bn for external support

But funding has to last three years and it's unclear what will happen once it runs out

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

New headteachers to get £15k to work where they’re ‘needed most’

Government will also 'ensure all schools join high-quality trusts' and let councils set up chains

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff

Change due to be enacted from 2027 for leaders and teachers, and new support staff body will get remit...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker