Author: Nick Linford

What happened so far in the GCSE results? Who has been naughty and nice about schools? Here’s all the links and news below. You can read our take on the GCSE league tables here. 3.22pm Some of the large academy chains have taken a hit in their GCSE pass rate 1.20pm Nick Gibb, on Radio 4’s […]

Allegations that three Norfolk schools run by Dame Rachel de Souza were tipped off about impending Ofsted inspections have been rejected by a lawyer in an independent review. Julian Gizzi was appointed in November by Ofsted to review an original investigation by Sir Robin Bosher, Ofsted’s director of quality and training, into an allegation that Thetford Academy, Great Yarmouth […]

An academy headteacher who has earned hundreds of thousands of pounds from assets on the same site as his schools was grilled by MPs over his companies – including a dating agency. Sir Greg Martin (pictured), head of Durand Academy, faced questions from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over the work of his school, the […]

Ofsted has defended its inspection practice after it was criticised following its grading of two schools in the north east as inadequate. The watchdog has responded to complaints from Grindon Hall Christian School about inspectors’ conduct when interviewing pupils, and said it was looking into similar concerns raised about Durham Free School‘s inspection. Inspectors visited both schools in November last year […]

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has sought to explain “unclear” Department for Education (DfE) advice on who must be barred from working with young children. The NUT has issued advice to members on the “disqualification by association” rules, which mean that someone living in the same household as a person already banned from working […]

Education Secretary has written to Ofsted advising of a new process for ‘inspecting’ multi-academy trusts (MATs). In a move which will be seen as simply a formalisation of the existing method used by Ofsted to inspect MATs, Ms Morgan wrote of her preference that Ofsted continue to batch-inspect multiple schools rather than the trust itself. […]

A teacher who rose to national prominence when he featured on the Channel 4 programme Educating Yorkshire has received an indefinite teaching ban after admitting having sex with two ex-pupils and communicating inappropriately with three others. Neil Giffin has been suspended indefinitely from teaching by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan after a panel of the National […]

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced the next wave of projects aimed at training teachers for the new computing curriculum. Ms Morgan made the announcement at the Bett Show learning technology event in East London this morning, after an initial seven projects were launched last year. She said business investment in the project would be […]