‘School profile’ plans revealed amid ‘new era on standards’ ‘Significantly strengthened’ accountability will also ‘raise the bar on what we expect from schools’, Phillipson to say
Fact check: Does the schools bill criticism really add up? Government is under fire for the academy elements of its schools bill. But does the evidence back up those concerns?
Ofsted report cards ‘rushed and botched’, say insiders Watchdog whistleblowers say planned consultation is a ‘sham’ and reforms have been ‘cobbled together at ridiculous speed’
Revealed: The true impact of the schools bill DfE admits reforms could limit ability of popular schools to grow and even land trustees in court
Councils issue almost half a million absence fines The number of penalty notices handed for unauthorised absences rose 22% in the year before reforms to the process came in
DfE’s schools bill academy pay amendment published Ministers would get power to make academies observe minimum pay rates, and trusts would need a ‘good’ reason to ignore other national conditions
New Schools Network revived to fight academies reform Former Conservative adviser to head up free schools charity’s lobbying operation as criticism of schools bill grows
Sarah Smith, Labour MP and opportunity mission champion ‘Labour’s priority is to deliver happier children’
Labour’s academy direction powers rehashed from Tory schools bill Opposition has been critical of proposed power for the education secretary to direct academies to fulfil their duties