Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Kat Howard, Summer Turner, James Biddulph, Majella McCarthy

Leader who served ex-PM breakfast and almost starred in Hollyoaks and principal who lived in rainforest among those starting…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Governance

Schools and trusts slow to publish governors diversity data

Government wants diversity details of boards to be ‘widely available’, but data protection a barrier, report trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

‘Missed opportunity’ as teaching hubs lose CPD role

Teaching hubs will no longer provide continuous professional development next year

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted chief told of ousted heads’ gagging clause ordeals

Sister of Ruth Perry says use of non-disclosure agreements after bad Ofsteds could be stopping heads raising further system…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Exams

DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’

Government criticised for committing ‘platoon of civil servants’ to policy unlikely to come to fruition

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted eyes tweaks to inspector role to boost expertise

As trusts poach inspectors and ‘highest ever’ levels of apathy towards joining inspectorate, how will Ofsted boost its expertise?

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Teacher training

Institute of Teaching hits target – with a little help from its friends

Recruits from founding academy trusts counted towards flagship teacher trainer’s first-year figures

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Oracy

Geoff Barton to lead oracy commission for Voice 21

Departing union boss will lead effort to build blueprint for a ‘national entitlement’, as Labour plans speaking boost

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Warning sounded as schools not ready to exit PFI deals

Sector leaders fear schools will be left to ‘shoulder the storm’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Child poverty

Appoint poverty ‘tsar’ and extend universal free meals to worst-hit schools, DfE told

Report from ex-children’s commissioner also calls for government plan to support schools to reduce the impact of poverty

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

32,000 children wait at least 2 years for mental health treatment

Children’s commissioner calls for early intervention as pupils wait ‘significant portion of their young lives’ for support

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Revealed: Councils slice £67m from school budgets to prop up SEND deficits

Four-fold increase in the school funding councils have shifted to fill high needs budget blackholes

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth