Ofsted

Complaints to Ofsted rise as parents urged to approach schools first

Complaints to Ofsted about schools have risen by five per cent in a year, new data reveals, with parents…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Curriculum

Schools left in the dark on RSHE training grants

Department for Education promised training grants in ‘early 2026’

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Schools

English hubs support programme expanded to secondaries

English hubs to be rolled out to secondaries in September following ‘successful’ pilot

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Exclusions and absence cut under early identification approach – study

Approach focuses on early identification of needs and action plans

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Politics

DfE’s £15m boost for marketing a ‘slap in face’ for families

Government criticised for ‘self-promotion’ after revealing £50m spend

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Soaring cost of private provision revealed as ministers plan curbs

The findings of a Schools Week investigation come as the government gears up to rein in spending on private special schools

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti


Academies

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
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Peer networks provide support for new inclusion bases

Two London-based schools are leading networks specialising in autism provision

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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
Schools Week Reporter
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
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

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
Jack Dyson
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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks