Author: Sophie Scott

A quarter of young people have been pressured into sexting and having sex, while one in five says they have been sexually harassed. A report from the charity Fixers warns that schools are not doing enough to combat sexual harassment and bullying. Today, the Women and Equalities Committee launched a parliamentary inquiry into the scale […]

The government has today published an agreement governing the way churches and the Department for Education (DfE) will work in the new academy landscape. As announced last month in the white paper, the department committed to setting out new rules as the country moves towards an all-academy system by 2022. The memorandums of understanding (MOU) set […]

Language experts have warned about a shortage of language skills among young people, as new figures show a decline in take-up. The Language Trends Survey, published today by the British Council and Education Development Trust, highlights a number of challenges facing language teaching. After the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), which requires every current year 7 to […]

There has been a 155 per cent increase in the number of special and alternative provision schools rated as inadequate or requires improvement. Schools Week analysis shows that 46 per cent of inspection reports published between January 1 and March 20 this year resulted in the two lowest Ofsted categories. In the same period last […]

Ofsted has carried out fewer than half of the number of inspections since September than it did in the same period in 2015, new analysis shows. Figures show there were 672 inspections between January 1 and March 20. This compares with 1,090 in the same time frame last year. Schools Week reported in December that […]

The government is facing questions over why it approved two multi-million-pound free schools despite “flimsy” evidence for demand, as new figures show they received only 75 first-choice applications. It was revealed yesterday that Ixworth and Beccles free schools in Suffolk had received a combined 75 first-choice applications from pupils looking to start secondary school in September – despite […]

More men are training to be primary school teachers but fewer are entering secondary schools, new analysis reveals. The Good Teacher Training Guide 2015 also found the top three training providers were school-based. The guide was produced by Alan Smithers and Mandy-Diana Coughlan from the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER), The proportion of men in postgraduate […]