Ofsted

Ofsted chief calls for new state school standards ‘enshrined in law’

Sir Martyn Oliver says new legislation would ‘stop Ofsted from tinkering’ and ‘deciding to do something new’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted inspections of MATs should be ungraded, says CST

Confederation of School Trusts (CST) gives its feedback on plans for academy trust inspections

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
School readiness

Wanted: Experts to help raise ‘school readiness’

Government to recruit experts to support new local leads in early maths, language and development

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow

Seventy-five trusts – one with a deficit of almost £6 million – raised concerns about their ability to continue…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

‘I dream the curriculum every night’: leading education’s toughest brief

After 14 months heading the government’s curriculum review, Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise – and finding the right…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

White paper plan for schools to be part of a ‘group’

Officials working on plan to encourage all schools to join a group, sources told Schools Week

John Dickens
John Dickens


League tables

Grammars top league tables as attainment replaces progress 8

Progress 8 cannot be calculated this year and next because SATs were cancelled for two years during the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

AI could analyse lessons delivered by new teachers under NIOT pilot

Artificial intelligence could be used to analyse recordings of lessons by early career teachers under a new trial being…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inequality

Working-class white kids ‘most resistant to transformative work by schools’

Boss of review probing the issue says leaders ‘faced with intergenerational discontent’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Behaviour

Schools white paper will ‘focus on setting expectations on behaviour’

Education secretary is concerned about children vulnerable to ‘darker forces’ online when they disengage from school

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Ruth Lucas
News

‘Double disadvantage’: Poorer pupils with SEND less likely to get EHCPs

Sutton Trust warns of ‘double disadvantage’ with poorer families ‘less able to navigate the system’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Phillipson to reveal 90% phonics check ‘ambition’

Bridget Phillipson to unveil new target today – and says year 8 reading test will ‘assess fluency and comprehension’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter