Outsourcing firm misses out as Teach First hangs on to contract Documents show Serco was in the running for £89 million scheme to recruit high-achieving graduates
Report finds ‘significant link’ between girls’ absence and life satisfaction Life satisfaction ‘was a stronger predictor of absence’ for girls than boys, says NFER
‘An inspection reduced me to tears. Ofsted’s response was inadequate’ Headteacher John Hayes describes January visit as ‘the worst experience of my career’
No reinspections despite new context measure, says Ofsted Watchdog defies calls for revisits of settings that didn’t benefit from ‘similar schools’ metric
Ofsted admits ‘relationship’ between disadvantage and ‘achievement’ judgment More deprived schools almost three times as likely to be graded ‘needs attention’ or ‘urgent improvement’
Ofsted considers replacing glitchy evidence-gathering system System used by inspectors dogged by problems which have seen evidence wiped
Ofsted ‘confident’ schools can’t predict inspections using website downloads But a firm insists the practice still works for its clients
Secondary English curriculum ‘crowds out’ reading for pleasure ‘Teach for the test’ and a focus on phonics are taking the fun out of reading, say experts
Ministers scrap physics and languages bursaries for foreign trainees Experts warn this is ‘not a time for scaling back’ recruitment tactics, and criticise surprise mid-year change