More schools get positive Ofsted scores after headline grades ditched First data on inspections without overall judgments shows rises across behaviour, personal development and leadership categories
Lost learning crisis: 10 solutions to keep kids in class Schools with ‘least representative’ cohorts should be banned from growing and more transparency over pupil moves are called for
‘I’d like to see SEND label retired’, says inclusion tsar Tom Rees DfE inclusion adviser also spoke of problems with the current ‘medicalised model’ of special educational needs support
Ofsted reform critics want ‘low-accountability system’, claims chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver says new report cards ‘are not and never were going to bring about the end of grading’
‘Now or never’ for 6,500 teacher pledge, Labour warned, as vacancies reach new high Teacher leaving rates have not improved since before the pandemic, report warns
Ofsted appoints Mark Vickers as external adviser for inclusion AP academy trust CEO will be tasked with helping to implement Ofsted’s reforms
Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim Ofsted chair Star Academies chief executive will lead Ofsted board after Dame Christine Ryan steps down later this year
Emma Hollis, CEO of NASBTT NASBTT chief executive Emma Hollis tells Schools Week about guiding providers through the ‘bruising’ ITT review, and how we can fix ‘dire’ teacher recruitment
Ofsted claims inspections improved curriculum (*based on just 20 school visits) Evaluation of current inspection framework criticised over tiny sample size – with Ofsted admitting reading prioritised over maths