Best headteachers add two GCSE grades, landmark study finds First study of its kind tracks impact of school leaders on pupil progress, teacher turnover and absences
School improvement role for Ofsted risks ‘mission creep’, MPs warned Labour wants watchdog to be improver and inspector, but academy sector leader warns it’s ‘tricky territory’
Prominent accountant to review £370m school funding gaffe Peter Wyman to lead review of DfE quality assurance process for the national funding formula for schools
Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2023 DfE confirms pay scales following offer of 6.5% for teachers and leaders
Tell us how you will fix recruitment, Labour told Analysis shows gaps in the workforce already outstrip party’s ambition for 6,500 more teachers
School funding: Unions want £370m back as heads cut ‘nice-to-haves’ ‘Hope has disappeared because somebody made a mistake’
Oliver formally confirmed as next Ofsted chief inspector Academy boss pledges to be ’empathetic, compassionate and understanding of the challenges that those of us working in education face’
Almost 1 in 10 secondary pupils off as sickness absence rises The proportion of pupils missing school because of illness has doubled in two weeks
Improvement in final KS1 SATs, but still below pre-pandemic The DfE has published results data from last year’s SATs, the last before they were made non-statutory