Author: James Carr

Schools are being forced to “pick up the pieces” of a crumbling mental health support system where over a quarter of referred children are being refused help, a new study claims. The Education Policy Institute today released a damning report on access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in 2019. Based on freedom […]

A senior Ofsted figure who was instrumental in developing the watchdog’s new curriculum-focused framework has joined one of the country’s biggest academy trusts – to oversee its curriculum work. The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) has today announced Matthew Purves will take up post as director of education services in April. He will oversee group strategy […]

Teachers are happier and more satisfied with life than the average graduate – but their job satisfaction has fallen over the last seven years, a study has found. The Education Policy Institute today released a review of evidence into the wellbeing of the school workforce in England following “a growing list of headlines” which indicated […]

The number of national leaders of education and governance working in the school system has declined by around a fifth in just 18 months. New figures released by the Department for Education show the number of national leaders of education (NLEs) – leading headteachers who use their skills to support challenging schools – fell from […]

Government plans to “level up” school funding risks wasting public money and will fail to help schools struggling with their finances, a think tank has warned. Reform said Boris Johnson’s plan to increase the schools budget by £7.1 billion by 2022-23 will not close the gap between schools in surplus and those in deficit. But […]

Just 1 in 6 pupils who leave schools via so-called “managed moves” go on to pass their English and maths GCSEs, according to new analysis. However, pupils moved in this way are still almost three times more likely to achieve a grade 4 or above in those subjects than those who are permanently excluded. FFT […]

Schools may have to spend more time teaching GCSE maths following an increase in content ushered in under reforms to the qualification, a new report from the exams regulator suggests. Ofqual investigated how the introduction of reformed GCSEs, first sat in 2017, has impacted pupils’ preparedness for A-level maths and English literature. The new maths […]

The number of pupils caught with mobile phones in exams continues to rise, while the number of teachers penalised for exam malpractice has fallen. Figures from Ofqual show the number of penalties issued to pupils rose by 11 per cent in 2019 to 3,040. As with previous years the most common type of malpractice was […]

The government won’t reveal which academy trusts cut their chief executive pay following warning letters – admitting ministers have no power to intervene so are reliant on the “good will” of trusts to slash salaries. The admission comes in a ruling by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) which backed the Department for Education’s refusal to […]