Opinion

Time and again school leaders have risen to the Covid challenge – but at what cost?

There is no doubt as we enter the final turbulent days of 2020 that the parameters that underpin our...

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SIR DAVID CARTER
Opinion

Ministers chose confrontation over collaboration when our communities needed them most

When the government issued Royal Greenwich with the threat of legal action on Monday night, I was completely shocked....

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CLLR DANNY THORPE
News

Ofqual chief suggests traffic light rating system for differential lost learning

Teacher ratings of students’ lost learning could be issued alongside grades next year to help level up the playing...

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John Dickens
News

Ofsted’s new ‘supportive’ inspections: everything you need to know

Ofsted has today published an operational note for how its new “supportive” monitoring inspections will look. As we reported...

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John Dickens
News

Exams and accountability in 2021: The proposals in full

The government has finally announced today its plans for next year’s exams, when Ofsted will resume and other outstanding...

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John Dickens
News

‘Too many parents had to wait too long’: NAO probe exposes free meal voucher failures

Parents were left waiting “too long” for financial support under the government’s national free school meal voucher scheme, according...

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John Dickens
News

8 key findings from the NAO’s free meals national voucher scheme investigation

The National Audit Office has today published its investigation into the Department for Education’s national free school meal voucher...

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John Dickens
News

Broken promises: DfE snubs exams transparency request

Gavin Williamson has snubbed demands from the education select committee to provide details of key meetings his department held...

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John Dickens
News

£14m scheme to send ‘best’ heads into toughest schools missed recruitment target by two thirds

A flagship £14 million government scheme to recruit the “best and brightest” school leaders to turn around the country’s...

John Dickens
John Dickens