News

New complaints guidance urges parents to be ‘respectful’ and use AI with ‘caution’

Guidance sets out five-step process for parents to follow after 1 in 4 said there had been a breakdown…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Mobile phones

Ofsted to check schools’ phone policies and ‘tougher guidance’ coming – DfE

Government will also consult on a potential social media ban for children and advise school staff not to use…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

AI used in schools should ‘detect signs of learner distress’

The DfE has updated AI guidance around emotional, social and cognitive development and ‘manipulation’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Education questions: Ministers grilled on SEND, funding, free schools, social media and more

Live updates from ministers after they took questions in Parliament

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Solutions

The school that confiscates phones for six weeks

Head whose abuse from parents was highlighted by MPs speaks to Schools Week about his strict policy approach

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Schools ‘at the heart of SEND reforms’, says adviser

Dame Christine Lenehan says reforms look at ‘changing nature’ between schools and local authorities

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Academies

Suspensions tumble as trust embraces ‘emotional intelligence’ 

Influential turnaround trust criticised for high suspensions bidding to cut exclusions and ‘keep children in school’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

RISE consultation pushed back to this term

Government to begin ‘informal engagement’ over schools with low attainment

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
MIS

DfE wants to scrape real-time MIS data from schools

Department calls for tech companies to take part in trials to feed it data to inform policy

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Extra SEND cash coming, says DfE, as councils’ woes deepen

Minister says white paper will bring ‘additional’ funding as town halls warn high needs freeze will worsen deficits

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
SEND

New £200m scheme ‘will offer SEND training to all teaching staff’

A ‘comprehensive’ new package of training is hoped to ‘upskill all staff in every school, college and nursery’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Ofsted inspects school that postponed MP’s visit

Inspection ‘necessary due to potential concerns’, says watchdog

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas