Schools

Keep Latin funding for six more months, leaders urge Phillipson

Schools involved in the Latin Excellence Programme have written to the education secretary to ask for an extension

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Behaviour

£10m behaviour hubs to end – but what next?

Ministers are 'considering different ways on how to build the programme', but it will end in its current form...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Recruitment and retention

Two-thirds of schools using free vacancy website still pay for adverts elsewhere

Government launched Teaching Vacancies service in 2019, with ministers predicting schools would save £75m

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Ofsted to assess provision for SEND pupils not in school

Watchdog and CQC to use joint thematic visits to check how well pupils are being supported

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher training

ECF and NPQ review: What you need to know

The government is planning a series of changes to the early career framework, and a full review in 2027

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
NPQs

NPQ review to improve SEND and exec leadership skills

Sector expert group will help government review national professional qualification framework

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Curriculum

‘Poorest pupils will be hit hardest’: Heads lament Latin scheme axe

'State school pupils will lose that richness of education that someone in a private school down the road has'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Martyn Oliver on Ofsted reform: 8 things we learned

Ofsted chief inspector talks to education committee MPs on new report cards, safeguarding 'spot checks' and SEND worries

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

RAAC yet to be removed from 90% of crisis-hit schools

Work finished in just 30 RAAC schools, sparking warnings 'thousands of children are studying in inadequate' buildings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks