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 1h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1h 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 5h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5h School readiness Exclusive 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 6h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Academies Exclusive 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 10h Jack Dyson 10h Curriculum Profile ‘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 10h John Dickens 10h 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 10h John Dickens 10h 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 20h Samantha Booth 20h 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 22h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 22h 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 22h Jack Dyson 22h 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 1d Freddie Whittaker and Ruth Lucas 1d 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 2d Samantha Booth 2d 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 2d Schools Week Reporter 2d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,003 Older