Ofsted

Small schools demand Ofsted clarity over report card impact

Inspectors will conduct three learning walks on the first day of inspections and hold at least five ‘reflection meetings’…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
School buildings

End of PFI contracts ‘could cost schools £4bn’

Experts warn the ‘scale is huge and stakes are very high’ as scores of contracts due to end

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Skills white paper to confirm V-levels and GCSE re-sit ‘stepping stones’

New vocational courses will be the size of an A-level and replace existing alternatives to T-levels

Freddie Whittaker
Anviksha Patel
Exams

Cyber-attacks, exam fees and digital vision…meet the new head of Cambridge OCR

Myles McGinley talks to Schools Week about his hopes for the future of curriculum and assessment

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted chief calls for new state school standards ‘enshrined in law’

Sir Martyn Oliver says new legislation would ‘stop Ofsted from tinkering’ and ‘deciding to do something new’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted inspections of MATs should be ungraded, says CST

Confederation of School Trusts (CST) gives its feedback on plans for academy trust inspections

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


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School readiness

Wanted: Experts to help raise ‘school readiness’

Government to recruit experts to support new local leads in early maths, language and development

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow

Seventy-five trusts – one with a deficit of almost £6 million – raised concerns about their ability to continue…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

‘I dream the curriculum every night’: leading education’s toughest brief

After 14 months heading the government’s curriculum review, Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise – and finding the right…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

White paper plan for schools to be part of a ‘group’

Officials working on plan to encourage all schools to join a group, sources told Schools Week

John Dickens
John Dickens
League tables

Grammars top league tables as attainment replaces progress 8

Progress 8 cannot be calculated this year and next because SATs were cancelled for two years during the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth