Movers and Shakers Paul Smith to be a CEO again with move to EMET Former regional schools commissioner set to lead 24-school Midlands trust, it has been announced Jack Dyson 51mins Jack Dyson 51mins Academies Exclusive RISE support trust refused new schools over ‘not strong enough’ outcomes Government officials raise ‘quality’ concerns as they tell trust ‘sustained improvement’ needed to grow Jack Dyson 5h Jack Dyson 5h Attendance The school running parent absence awareness courses Primary school’s initiative is being shared across the borough of Camden as part of best practice guidance Ruth Lucas 2d Ruth Lucas 2d Home education Investigation Safeguarding risk data missing from councils’ home education records Dozens of LAs hold no data on at-home kids potentially at risk, suggesting councils ill-prepared for new duties Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Ofsted Exclusive More collaborative, more pressure: Heads issue report cards on new Ofsted inspections Here’s what five leaders inspected under the new regime had to say about their experience… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d 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 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d 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 4d Jack Dyson 4d 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 4d Samantha Booth 4d 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 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Exclusions Suspension rates fall for first time since Covid lockdown Exclusion rates for last Autumn also fell to pre-pandemic levels Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Movers and Shakers Ofsted deputy chief Matthew Coffey to retire The former FE teacher will leave the watchdog next month Schools Week Reporter 4d Schools Week Reporter 4d Sponsored post Sponsored Bett UK 2026: Learning without limits Education is humanity’s greatest promise and our most urgent mission. SWAdvertorial 4d BETT Show 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,011 Older
