Samantha Booth | Schools Week

Academy trust appeals to court after losing special needs contract

Wave Multi-Academy Trust launches legal challenge over AP contract

Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds

The rate of academy conversions in the next three years will be “limited to a steady rate” and is “unlikely to increase” without any change to current policies, new research says. The Department for Education has published a research report on schools’ views on joining a multi-academy trust. Former education secretary Gavin Williamson said the […]

Six more ITT providers downgraded under new Ofsted framework

10 out of 22 inspected providers are now below ‘good’

Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details

Exams watchdog says schools should ‘guard’ against ‘over-assessment’ of students

ASCL demands Ofsted let Covid-hit schools defer inspections

School leaders’ union ASCL has written to Ofsted asking for a change in policy

Now Teach goes nationwide with £3m boost to turn more top bosses to teaching

A recruitment programme aimed at persuading high-flying professionals to change career and retrain as teachers has secured £3 million government funding to expand nationwide. Founded in 2016 by Financial Times journalist Lucy Kellaway (pictured above) and former teacher Katie Waldegrave, Now Teach has so far recruited more than 500 teachers across the four regions it […]

Author: Samantha Booth

Academy trust appeals to court after losing special needs contract

Academisation rate ‘unlikely to increase’ without new policies, DfE study finds

Six more ITT providers downgraded under new Ofsted framework

Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details

ASCL demands Ofsted let Covid-hit schools defer inspections

Now Teach goes nationwide with £3m boost to turn more top bosses to teaching

NHS trust delays HPV jabs over Covid vaccine pressure

‘Significant’ barriers to rollout longer school days, DfE review finds

6 findings from Nadhim Zahawi at education committee