Ofsted

Spielman: ‘I’d rather be unpopular than say things I didn’t believe to be true’

Former chief inspector speaks to Schools Week about her time leading the embattled inspectorate

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

A-level results 2024: Future exams will be pegged to more generous 2023 baseline

Students achieved more A*s this year than every year since 2010 (outside of teacher grades), despite Covid learning loss....

John Dickens
John Dickens and Samantha Booth
Pay and conditions

United Learning’s alternative pension plan: The lawyers’ views

Pension proposals by the country's biggest trust have led to questions over its legality, whether the TPS might collapse...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Curriculum

Curriculum review launched: What schools need to know

Call for evidence to launch in September, with national roadshows and findings published in 2025

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

6 quick school policy wins for Labour that won’t break the bank

Labour's big-ticket promises will take time. So here's some easy policies they could do now, says ex-government adviser David...

John Dickens
David Thomas
Pay and conditions

Alternative pension plan is a teacher pay shortcut, not solution

Trust's proposal to offer staff a less generous pension for more pay will leave staff 'dangerously shortchanged', says Paul...

John Dickens
Paul Whiteman
Politics

Labour can’t solve everything – but this is what they should prioritise

We stand at the dawn of a new era of education policy, says Russell Hobby. Here's what Labour should...

John Dickens
Russell Hobby
Politics

The Lib Dems following Scotland on curriculum is remarkably bad

The Scottish Curriculum for Excellence should be a warning to politicians of how not to reform a curriculum - not an...

John Dickens
Daisy Christodoulou