News

Greening: ‘Coasting’ schools will only change leadership in ‘rare cases’

Justine Greening has announced that schools labelled “coasting” will be given a package of support rather than an enforced...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

9 Interesting Things You Might Have Missed In Ofsted’s Annual Report

At 10am today Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector, launched Ofsted’s Annual Report. As ever, there were pre-arranged soundbites and...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Nick Gibb responds to MPs on grammar schools

Nick Gibb has written the government’s response to a parliamentary committee of MPs who investigated the plans for grammar...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Speed-read: Nick Gibb’s ‘Grammar School’ response to MPs

The government response to the education committee’s grammar schools report is out – editor Laura McInerney gives it the...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Ofsted statistics shake-up will drop ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rate by 2%

Ofsted wants to change the way it presents statistics about school inspections, including re-adding the past grades of turnaround...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

MP escorted out of failing Bright Tribe academy

An MP who is calling for a controversial academy trust to withdraw from a failing school has been physically...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Cautious schools can join academy trusts as ‘associate members’

The national schools commissioner is offering schools the option to join academy trusts as “associate members” so they do...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News, Opinion

Free Schools in England: What EPI’s report is actually telling us…

  The Education Policy Institute has published a new report, Free Schools in England, but what does it tell us...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

What was supposed to be said about Ofsted

* Working out what Ofsted is up to involves dividing woods from trees. Unfortunately, as our editor Laura McInerney...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney