£22.5m announced for after-school clubs to help ‘isolated’ kids Up to 400 schools will get a share of the three-year investment to boost extra-curricular activities
Inspectors criticise Ofsted’s ‘ridiculous’ training regime ‘It just creates the sense that everything is rushed’
Ofsted inspectors to get four days of online training ahead of new framework ‘Underpinning skills programme’ comes on top of planned in-person and live online training, and inspectors also expected to spend nine hours reading inspection toolkits
Missed inspection targets and 5 more findings from Ofsted’s annual report Ofsted’s staff are also less happy this year, and turnover rates remain above civil service targets, a new report shows
Schools say they need more funding to hit 2030 tech target One-third of schools say they will be unable to hit new technology targets in the next five years
Ofqual probe finds exam extra time figures wrong for years Statistics withdrawn after regulator review finds they ‘significantly overstated’ the number of access arrangements
Chartered College plans to appoint ‘professors of teaching’ The professional body for teachers hopes the roles can ‘raise the status and prestige of the profession’
Ofsted to introduce report cards on reduced inspection timetable Inspections led by ‘most senior’ HMIs only when framework launches, and no school visits in last week before Christmas
Support plans ‘misused’ to ‘force out’ teachers from schools, say campaigners More than 100 teachers have shared stories of the ‘misuse’ of support plans, which they say are pushing out staff in a ‘traumatic’ process