Features

Martyn Oliver, chief executive of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust

OGAT, saviour of many schools in the north, can’t seem to shake criticism of its strict behaviour sanctions and...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

Ofsted’s evidence is so unfounded that their case for retaining grades collapses

Ofsted’s defence of its four-point grading scheme in its recent paper (Retaining the current grading system in education, April...

John Dickens
FRANK COFFIELD
News

OGAT under fire for plans to make misbehaving pupils repeat a year

An academy trust is under fire for its new behaviour policy that states poorly-behaved pupils will be kept behind...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

OGAT to praise pupils more in behaviour system shake-up

A leading academy trust that pioneered the consequences behaviour system has shaken up its policy to introduce more praise...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Parents want more ‘outstanding’ schools inspected, plus 4 more Ofsted findings

Parents want ‘outstanding’ schools inspected more often, but believe short inspections are increasingly behind unreliable judgments. Ofsted has published...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Teachers buying more basic equipment for pupils, survey finds

Teachers say they are increasingly dipping into their own pocket to provide basic classroom resources and essentials for pupils,...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Church MAT halts restructuring plan after parent protests

Parent power has prompted an academy trust to halt restructuring plans that involved making a headteacher redundant to balance...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Parents in legal challenge over grammar schools’ plan to reduce 11-plus pass mark

Parents are raising cash to challenge an academy trust’s plans to lower the pass mark for entry to its...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

England’s largest academy trusts see gender pay gap widen

The gender pay gap has widened at most of the country’s largest academy trusts, with women paid 55p for...

John Dickens
John Dickens