Behaviour

Schools lose a quarter of lesson time to poor behaviour – DfE survey

Leaders warn of worsening issues and a growing impact on their wellbeing

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Politicians and media would ‘draw own conclusions’ if Ofsted grades scrapped – DfE

Government also rejects calls from MPs to reduce the frequency of inspections

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Funding

Keegan: ‘Hard to guarantee’ we’ll fully fund teacher pay rise

Education secretary says it will be ‘difficult’ for government to raid its own budget again, but says she will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
High Court

School slams Ofsted’s ‘mystifying’ refusal to explain grade, High Court hears

All Saints Academy Dunstable claims Ofsted did not provide ‘adequate reasons for very serious judgments’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

School loses court battle over Ofsted downgrade to ‘good’

Thomas Telford school took watchdog to court over row about ‘cooling off periods’ not being registered as suspensions

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted to explore how AI can help it make ‘better decisions’

Exams regulator Ofqual also publishes AI strategy, revealing ‘modest numbers’ of coursework malpractice

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


News

GCSE results will suffer ‘well into 2030s’ due to Covid – study

Academics warn of ‘unprecedented’ widening of the attainment gap, in a post-Covid ‘double whammy’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

Deprived schools more likely to see progress 8 scores fall

Analysis comes as Covid impact and potential Labour changes may spell end to measure in its current form

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: McCandless, Coiffait-Gunn, MacKenzie, Robinson, Uttley, Spackman

Leader who worked on Bill Clinton’s campaign and journalist who dined with Donald Trump among those with new jobs…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

DfE: ‘No plans’ to change single-phrase Ofsted judgments

The government will respond to MPs’ concerns this Thursday

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SATs

Primaries fail to opt out of SATs – but say they won’t be testing

FOI data reveals just 7 per cent of primary schools opted out of receiving KS1 papers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Recruitment

Focus on recruitment schemes that will make a difference, ministers urged

A Schools Week FOI revealed a government scheme to recruit armed forces veterans has tanked

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey