Academies, ASCL Conference

Academy trust body instructed top lawyer over schools bill

Producing bill before regulatory review was completed was 'huge legislative error', says CST chief Leora Cruddas

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
ASCL Conference

‘Being a school leader has never felt more challenging’

Geoff Barton on pay talks, workload, Keegan’s no-show and choosing the 'right time to leave'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

What would it take to pause next week’s teacher strikes?

With government and unions still at an impasse over pay, we look at what each side wants in order...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

SATs results delayed a week because of King’s coronation

One-day delay to key stage 2 tests due to May bank holiday means some schools will get results just...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Teacher strikes: Unions’ calls for mediated pay talks snubbed

Education unions’ offer to open talks through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has been rejected by Gillian Keegan...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Sunak ‘bringing forward’ review of sex education guidance

PM says he wants to 'make sure schools are not teaching inappropriate or contested content in RSHE'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE school sport plan: Two hours of PE a week and award for equal access

Two further years of PE and sports premium funding also confirmed, along with £57m to open up school facilities...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

Rise in child mental health demand prompts call to speed up school support reforms

The proportion of children whose referrals closed before treatment has increased for the first time in five years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

More Ofsted scrutiny would ensure ‘razor-sharp’ attendance focus, de Souza says

MPs hear schools are misusing attendance codes to disguise managed moves, and well-off parents abuse holiday fines system

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker