Ofsted

Ofsted tweaks inspection framework just days before roll-out

Changes come after concerns in pilot inspections over increased workload, pressure on staff and how achievement is evaluated

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Curriculum review

DfE ignores Francis review and proposes sweeping progress 8 reform

Government pledges reforms to subject make-up of key secondary school league table measure – despite curriculum review calling for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum review

Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations

Scrap EBacc, year 8 tests in English and maths, cut 10% from GCSE exam time: key system policies from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum review

Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals

Mandatory citizenship, RE in the national curriculum and triple science entitlement: the key subject recommendations from the Francis review

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum review

Interview: Becky Francis on the big ideas in her curriculum review

Review chair explains her thinking behind major policies including year 8 tests, scrapping the EBacc and a triple science…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Another expectation’: Schools to be judged on enrichment benchmarks

Leaders demand support to meet new expectations as more than a quarter of schools cut extracurricular activity funding in…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas


Curriculum review

New curriculum to be introduced in 2028 as review published 

Government also commits to scrapping the EBacc and making citizenship compulsory in primary schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Unity names new CEO following Coulson’s departure

Boss of private school group set to become 40-school trust’s chief executive

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

High Court rejects NAHT’s Ofsted report card challenge

Leaders’ union to consider appeal and will consult members on industrial action after judicial review application refused

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher pay

10 things we learned from DfE teacher pay evidence

Department believes schools can make savings by looking at composition of leadership teams and deployment of support staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

Heads need ‘relational’ skills to manage ‘increasingly complex range of stakeholders’

Teacher wellbeing charity warned many of its 2023 recommendations have not been acted on by ministers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

SEND reforms must address transport pressures, says spending watchdog

Eight findings from the National Audit Office’s report on home-to-school transport

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth