Politics Exclusive Beer raises a glass to 11 years at DfE Longest-serving regional director is retiring Jack Dyson 6h Jack Dyson 6h Ofsted New Ofsted policy sees 1 in 8 inspections deferred or paused Of the 786 schools that requested a deferral, 79 per cent (621) were accepted, while all 37 requests for… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9h School improvement Investigation DfE advisers RISE to the challenge (269 miles away) One in 10 schools in school improvement programme have been paired with advisers based in different parts of the… Jack Dyson 14h Jack Dyson 14h Inclusion SEND: MPs’ warning over home-to-school transport costs The public accounts committee identifies ‘glaring’ unanswered questions on transport costs, predicted to reach £3bn in 2030 Samantha Booth 19h Samantha Booth 19h Assessment Ofqual boss hears pupils’ confessions on AI ‘It’s getting harder and harder to detect it,’ warns Sir Ian Bauckham Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth 1d Inclusion Allergy guidance: What schools need to know Proposed statutory guidance says all schools should stock spare allergy pens Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth and Ruth Lucas 1d Inclusion Investigation ‘There is nothing left to cut’: The schools counting the cost of inclusion Schools Week investigates how the current system punishes inclusive schools financially, with leaders facing making cutbacks to maintain current… Chaminda Jayanetti 1d Chaminda Jayanetti 1d Inclusion Exclusive More than half of specialist free school projects set to go ahead Councils faced a choice between a new school and accepting alternative funding for SEND expansion Ruth Lucas 2d Ruth Lucas 2d Pay and conditions Support staff turnover hits record high as experts call for action Report recommends government action to help schools recruit staff, including through more training and higher pay Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Inclusion David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in schools School leaders have welcomed any support in tackling the issue Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Pay and conditions Schools can only afford a 2.7% pay rise over two years, says DfE Leaders will need to ‘realise and sustain better value’ to meet costs of a planned 6.5%, three-year pay rise… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Schools white paper Funding and leadership questions over new area ‘missions’ Bid to improve north east and coastal schools risks ‘becoming symbolic rather than structural’, ministers told Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,027 Older
