Schools Exclusive PFI firm in school repairs row plans to dissolve Stoke-on-Trent City Council says firm responsible for maintaining 88 schools to shut amid row over who covers outstanding repairs Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3h School improvement RISE advisers reveal ‘hostility’ from ‘stuck’ schools Leaders from the government’s improvement scheme tell of early difficulties in winning over schools deemed in need of support Jack Dyson 6h Jack Dyson 6h Behaviour Schools say classrooms are calmer, but no change in behaviour disruption The government’s national behaviour survey shows an improving picture, but seven minutes are still lost to behaviour for every… Samantha Booth 6h Samantha Booth 6h Ofsted Ofsted confirms state school inspections to resume on December 1 Routine inspections have been paused since July but will resume next month Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6h Exclusions Suspension rates fall for first time since Covid lockdown Exclusion rates for last Autumn also fell to pre-pandemic levels Freddie Whittaker 11h Freddie Whittaker 11h Movers and Shakers Ofsted deputy chief Matthew Coffey to retire The former FE teacher will leave the watchdog next month Schools Week Reporter 11h Schools Week Reporter 11h News DfE boosts funding for breakfast clubs after school drop outs Government acts after Schools Week investigations revealed leaders had snubbed or even dropped out of the flagship scheme over… Schools Week Reporter 1d Schools Week Reporter 1d MAT mergers Exclusive Big Education trust consults on merging with Oasis A pioneering three-school trust in London plans to merge with one of the country’s biggest MATs. Their leaders explain… Jack Dyson 1d Jack Dyson 1d News DfE social media ‘apology’ stunt slammed as ‘completely tone deaf’ A DfE social media post boasting about the department’s achievements has been lambasted by the sector and public Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d News Leaders should feel ‘energised, not anxious’ about Ofsted changes, says Oliver Chief inspector says he wants heads to feel ‘comfortable and motivated by the changes’ Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Schools Exclusive Staff to strike over school’s virtual maths teacher NEU members to walk out for six days over Star Academies’ use of virtual teacher based hundreds of miles… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d School funding Delayed 2026 school funding allocations to be published ‘shortly’ says Phillipson Education secretary partly blames June’s spending review for the delay to national funding formula guidance and allocations, which are… Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,010 Older
