News Capacity checkers launch primary school visits Move follows ‘successful’ phase of project that assessed capacity of secondary and special schools Samantha Booth 1h Samantha Booth 1h Admissions Exclusive ‘Serious concerns’ as children in care refused places at Catholic schools Analysis suggests schools in at least seven dioceses give priority to children of their faith before non-religious pupils in… Jack Dyson 4h Jack Dyson 4h Admissions Investigation Shut out: How schools are turning away vulnerable pupils As government considers measures to make schools more inclusive, Schools Week investigates how vulnerable pupils are being turned away… Jack Dyson 6h Jack Dyson 6h Ofsted Ofsted’s months of ‘tinkering’ fall flat with teachers Just 11% of teachers polled felt positive about changes, up 1 percentage point from February Lydia Chantler-Hicks 13h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 13h Movers and Shakers Former OCR boss among new Ofqual board members Duffy, who served as OCR chief executive for seven years, is joined by Oak National Academy board member Conor… Ruth Lucas 18h Ruth Lucas 18h Ofsted Exclusive NAHT to consider industrial action over Ofsted reforms Snap poll during meeting of 2,000 heads finds 9 in 10 back exploring industrial options Freddie Whittaker 19h Freddie Whittaker 19h News Pupil wellbeing checks ‘counterproductive’, says Spielman Measuring wellbeing in schools can lead children to ‘start to believe they are sad or worried or afraid’, former… Ruth Lucas 19h Ruth Lucas 19h News Job cuts loom as balancing the books remains top priority for trusts Over half of trusts are considering cuts to classroom staff to balance the books, with 60 per cent looking… Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d SEND Solving SEND: MPs reveal their 48-point plan National SEND standards, special school ‘centres of excellence’ and exclusion inspection metrics – the education committee’s policy proposals in… Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Parent complaints Schools white paper will set ‘expectations’ on parent engagement Education secretary says new expectations on schools will ‘deliver a universal offer for all parents’ Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Languages Language hubs showed ‘signs of positive impacts’ before being cut DfE plans to replace hubs scheme with online platform and 14 strategic learning networks, with £2.2m less funding Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d News SEND spend freeze has led to EHCP rise, MPs say SEND funding rates would be 40 per cent higher if they had kept pace with inflation, report from parliamentary… Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 996 Older