Academies Exclusive Revealed: First MAT set to surpass 100 schools with merger United Learning’s proposal to merge with another trust would take its academy tally into three figures Jack Dyson 53mins Jack Dyson 53mins Inclusion Exclusive Peer networks provide support for new inclusion bases Two London-based schools are leading networks specialising in autism provision Ruth Lucas 6h Ruth Lucas 6h Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: FEA, Infinity, EPI, GDST This week’s movers and shakers include a kinship carer, an air skiier and a former The Apprentice hopeful Schools Week Reporter 3d Schools Week Reporter 3d News ‘Little surprise’ lawyers and ‘vested interests’ oppose SEND reform, says Phillipson ‘They want the system to remain as it is, because they make a profit, often out of exploiting parents’ Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Academies Exclusive End of advisory boards leaves civil servants with ‘monopoly on wisdom’ Ministers axe regional director meetings as analysis shows some ‘have essentially ceased to exist’ Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Ofsted Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from school groups Trial will see leaders recruited in groups from trusts and other school networks to make inspection ‘more collaborative’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d School improvement Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance MAT chiefs selected to spearhead Labour’s bid to make pupils’ transition into secondary less ‘challenging’ Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Schools ASCL conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Live updates from our journalists in Liverpool Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Inclusion Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion Documents reveal how councils’ deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Ofsted Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison Martyn Oliver to claim pattern of gradings in new inspections shows watchdog is ‘raising standards’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d School funding ASCL conference: Pay and funding uncertainty loom as heads meet in Liverpool ‘I think that will be what is at the front of everyone’s minds. It’ll be a cloud over the… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d News School staff need better training to support children in care – Ofsted Watchdog also warns that issues with the systems of support for young people create ‘barriers to progress’ Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,028 Older
