Investigate trusts amassing ‘substantial reserves’, watchdog tells DfE A report found mainstream school finances had “held up well” in recent years, despite austerity cuts and other funding pressures
Candidates revealed for RSC advisory board elections Voting is open for regional schools commissioner advisory boards, previously called headteacher boards
University access fear over BMAT entrance test glitch (again) ‘Huge spike in concern’ reported over test used to select medical, dental, biomedical and veterinary applicants
DfE apologises to academy finance staff over data blunder Contact details for staff at an academy finance professionals event were accidentally shared with other attendees
Academies minister asks top LA schools to ‘share the love’ Baroness Barran speaks to Schools Week in first interview since taking the job
DfE to provide 1,000 air cleaning units for AP and special schools Unions said all schools should receive air cleaning units based on need, rather than only ones that could afford them
‘It’s the right time’: Amanda Spielman defends inspecting Covid-hit schools The chief inspector came under fire from school leaders at an event who called routine Ofsted inspections mid-Covid “profoundly wrong”
Kevan Collins: Government ‘abdicating responsibility’ to lead recovery The former recovery tsar also said tech could spark the biggest learning transformation since the Victorian era
Public urged to report illegal schools as pupils taught in ‘squalid’ settings Ofsted warns parents and councils are paying thousands for ‘woeful’ education in ‘squalid’ conditions at unregistered schools