News

Unions call for business leaders’ pay alignment

Government urged to align pay with that of other school leaders as analysis shows stagnation

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

6 encouraging findings from DfE’s workload survey 

Average weekly hours drop and wellbeing improves, though one-third still plan to leave within a year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted pauses NPQ inspections for rest of the academic year

NPQ inspections paused until 2026-27 while DfE reviews framework and Ofsted updates approach

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

More collaborative, more pressure: Heads issue report cards on new Ofsted inspections

Here’s what five leaders inspected under the new regime had to say about their experience...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

PFI firm in school repairs row plans to dissolve

Stoke-on-Trent City Council says firm responsible for maintaining 88 schools to shut amid row over who covers outstanding repairs

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted confirms state school inspections to resume on December 1

Routine inspections have been paused since July but will resume next month

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

DfE social media ‘apology’ stunt slammed as ‘completely tone deaf’

A DfE social media post boasting about the department's achievements has been lambasted by the sector and public

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Staff to strike over school’s virtual maths teacher

NEU members to walk out for six days over Star Academies' use of virtual teacher based hundreds of miles...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

New research to scope out ‘bridging gap’ in SEND teacher training

Survey shows two-thirds of ITT providers feel trainee teachers not adequately prepared

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks