Academies

DfE hopes £1.2m contract will boost academy trustee recruitment

Tender comes as survey finds three quarters of governors have difficulty recruiting to their boards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC questionnaire: Trusts ‘assured’ they won’t be named and shamed

Sector leader says ministers have said responsible bodies deemed not to have responded 'will not be named publicly'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE snubbed schools’ bids for flagship rebuilding scheme

Ten schools now confirmed with RAAC applied for the current school rebuilding programme, but were rejected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: DfE finally publishes list of affected schools

Almost 1 in 3 schools with confirmed RAAC delay term or use remote learning, government data shows

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Catherine McKinnell appointed shadow schools minister

Newcastle North MP replaces Stephen Morgan in Labour frontbench reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: 10 things we learned from Martyn Oliver in front of MPs

Incoming chief inspector will 'look at' single-word judgments, wants inclusion to feature more in inspections and will be based...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

RAAC: ‘Everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing’, says Keegan

Education secretary caught on camera suggesting she deserves praise for doing a 'f***ing good job'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Grammar Schools

‘No evidence’ selective school systems boost outcomes

'Small' positive boost to grammar school pupils 'wiped out' by lesser progress of those who don't get in, academic...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
GCSE results 2023

GCSE results 2023: Top grades fall 17% as 2019 levels almost restored

The proportion of 9, 8 and 7 grades issued in England is now within 0.6 percentage points of the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker