Oak National Academy

Meet Aila, Oak Academy’s new AI assistant

Union leader hopes the tool 'gives teachers their Sunday nights back'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

New council seeks solutions to ‘lost learning’ from absence and exclusions

Research finds 32 million days were lost to unauthorised absence and exclusions in 2022-23

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Some Ofsted reports will seem more positive without headline grades

Three in five schools rated ‘requires improvement’ last year had two or more ‘good’ sub-grades

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
GCSE results 2024

GCSE results 2024: 7 key trends in England’s data

Exam results are published for the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic disruption

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
A-level results 2024

A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data

Here's what you need to know from the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SATs

SATs helpline struggling, and 9 more findings from STA accounts

Agency plans to 'transform' how it engages with schools, but still misses phone targets

Samantha Booth
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Teacher pay

STRB backs careful move to targeting pay by subject

If 'done well' targeting pay by subject might be 'a useful approach' to address shortage subject recruitment in a...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Curriculum

EEF boss Professor Becky Francis to lead Labour curriculum review

Labour is expected to announce her appointment shortly

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Personal statements reform to ‘level playing field’

Social mobility expert welcomes replacement of 'love letter' free text box

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth