Top-grade school gets ‘inadequate’ after 15 years without inspection Thomas Mills High School was visited in November after being exempt since 2006
Covid used as an excuse by ‘poor attenders’, warns Ofsted Ofsted also found remote education has ‘negatively affected’ some pupils’ perception of the need to be in school
Ministers told to beef up waning pupil vaccination rates Calls come as new data shows poorer pupils are the least likely to be vaccinated
Ofsted swoops after brawl in school canteen on TikTok School receives unannounced visit following complaints from parents
Behaviour and exclusions consultation: What schools need to know Don’t use ‘no exclusion’ policies and set out mobile phone use mitigations, government says
No need to design your own curriculum, Ofsted tells primaries Smaller schools can pool their resources when developing curriculum, watchdog says
‘Epidemic of anxiety’: Special schools feel brunt of Omicron surge Special schools battle higher rates of staff and pupil absence
Schools should be judged on pupil inclusion – not just exams, think tank says Proposed metrics would measure admissions, attendance and exclusions
Council tells heads to ‘self-manage’ Covid outbreaks Local authority tells schools to stop reporting Covid cases amid an ‘increase demand on public health services’