Home education Investigation Safeguarding risk data missing from councils’ home education records Dozens of LAs hold no data on at-home kids potentially at risk, suggesting councils ill-prepared for new duties Freddie Whittaker 7h Freddie Whittaker 7h Ofsted Exclusive More collaborative, more pressure: Heads issue report cards on new Ofsted inspections Here’s what five leaders inspected under the new regime had to say about their experience… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7h Schools Exclusive PFI firm in school repairs row plans to dissolve Stoke-on-Trent City Council says firm responsible for maintaining 88 schools to shut amid row over who covers outstanding repairs Lydia Chantler-Hicks 16h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 16h School improvement RISE advisers reveal ‘hostility’ from ‘stuck’ schools Leaders from the government’s improvement scheme tell of early difficulties in winning over schools deemed in need of support Jack Dyson 19h Jack Dyson 19h Behaviour Schools say classrooms are calmer, but no change in behaviour disruption The government’s national behaviour survey shows an improving picture, but seven minutes are still lost to behaviour for every… Samantha Booth 19h Samantha Booth 19h Ofsted Ofsted confirms state school inspections to resume on December 1 Routine inspections have been paused since July but will resume next month Lydia Chantler-Hicks 19h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 19h Exclusions Suspension rates fall for first time since Covid lockdown Exclusion rates for last Autumn also fell to pre-pandemic levels Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Movers and Shakers Ofsted deputy chief Matthew Coffey to retire The former FE teacher will leave the watchdog next month Schools Week Reporter 1d Schools Week Reporter 1d News DfE boosts funding for breakfast clubs after school drop outs Government acts after Schools Week investigations revealed leaders had snubbed or even dropped out of the flagship scheme over… Schools Week Reporter 2d Schools Week Reporter 2d MAT mergers Exclusive Big Education trust consults on merging with Oasis A pioneering three-school trust in London plans to merge with one of the country’s biggest MATs. Their leaders explain… Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d News DfE social media ‘apology’ stunt slammed as ‘completely tone deaf’ A DfE social media post boasting about the department’s achievements has been lambasted by the sector and public Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d News Leaders should feel ‘energised, not anxious’ about Ofsted changes, says Oliver Chief inspector says he wants heads to feel ‘comfortable and motivated by the changes’ Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,011 Older
