Schools

EYFS results improve, but some pupils far behind

DfE says improvement may show Covid recovery or familiarity with new assessments - but gender gap widens

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Leaders vow to shun minimum service levels for schools

But DfE refuses to say whether schools will face action for failing to issue work notices to striking staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Minimum service level proposals: Everything schools need to know

It will be left up to heads to decide 'appropriate' staffing levels and down to schools and trusts to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

DfE wants 3 in 4 pupils in during strikes, leaked documents reveal

Ministers accused of acting in 'bad faith' and deliberately 'collapsing' minimum service level talks with unions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE south west regional director leaves for council job

Hannah Woodhouse to depart the DfE after seven years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Schools improving, SEND failings and AP ‘misuse’: 9 Ofsted annual report findings

Amanda Spielman has published her final report as chief inspector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted ‘poorly understood’ and under-funded, says Spielman

Outgoing chief inspector laments 'a wave of publicly expressed discontent about issues that Ofsted alone cannot resolve'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

£13m trial to test ‘innovative’ support for neurodiverse pupils

1 in 10 primaries will get five days’ worth of additional specialist help from trained staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Still no RAAC cash as schools ‘sidelined’ in autumn statement

Treasury documents also suggest a £600m underspend on education capital projects last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker