Schools

Oak vows to resist meddling ministers, but issues remain

Online academy boss says he'll say 'no' to ministers who try to interfere, as academy boss warns against 'state...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Ministers set aside £43m for Oak National Academy

Government draws on contingency cash for new quango, as former Gove adviser joins board

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Lost SATs scandal: More than 2,000 results still missing

Exclusive: Schools Week understands 10 times more papers still missing than in usual year, as calls for probe grow

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Revealed: The 10 academy ‘experts’ advising DfE on leader development

Group will help ministers devise and deliver a new content framework for MAT leadership development

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted ditches Covid disruption deferral policy

The inspectorate has ditched its pandemic guidance, in a move dubbed 'premature' amid fears of resurgent Covid absences

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Samantha Booth and Tom Belger
News

United Learning snubs Oak quango and sets up rival website

England's largest trust say it's 'wrong' for government to 'take over' curriculum body

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Pearson faces record £1.3m fine for letting examiners remark own work

'No evidence' students received the wrong outcomes but schools awarded £300k compensation

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Ex-ballerina to lead new cultural education plan

Baroness Deborah Bull will chair project to ensure schools offering 'rich and diverse' opportunities for all

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

GCSE results 2022: 8 key trends in England’s data

What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth