Movers and Shakers Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive ASCL policy chief ‘hugely privileged’ to take over as CEO of think tank EPI Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Schools ‘Highly valued’ music hubs face funding and staffing challenges A report has evaluated the first year of new-style music hubs, following a major restructure Lydia Chantler-Hicks 11h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 11h Politics Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s education spokesperson The former home secretary claimed teacher authority had been ‘eroded by violence and disorder’ Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d Academies Exclusive Grammars shine in ‘unfair’ MAT league tables Two of the top three-ranked trusts run grammar schools, up from zero last year Jack Dyson 1d Jack Dyson 1d Academies Job cuts loom at trust with £9m deficit Ministers tighten up their oversight of 25-school chain amid concerns over ‘weak financial position’ and ‘continued’ breaches Jack Dyson 1d Jack Dyson 1d Ofsted Long read Does Ofsted’s approach to achievement data add up? ‘How on earth can you use a national average against a population that’s clearly in no way average?’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Behaviour Behaviour expert plays down hubs’ restorative practice trend ‘The behaviour hubs actively encouraged schools to adopt greater levels of consistency, rigour and predictability’ Chaminda Jayanetti 2d Chaminda Jayanetti 2d Inclusion SEND bailout could ‘reduce incentives to contain costs’ Leaders welcome plan to write off 90% of deficits, but warn there is ‘not currently enough money in the… Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d Ofsted Ofsted requests schools publish QR code with report card content Watchdog wants parents to get links to full reports to avoid ‘cherry picking’ only positive grades Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d News ‘Inclusion base’ for every school – but who will pay? Leaders call for clarity as data shows current provision – and how it is funded – varies Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d Safeguarding KCSIE 2026: Everything schools need to know Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence and mobile phone use in schools Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted reviews data shown in special school report cards New reports currently compare metrics like capacity of special schools to other schools in their phase, not other specialist… Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,024 Older
