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 4h Schools Week Reporter 4h 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 7h Freddie Whittaker 7h Academies Exclusive 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 7h Jack Dyson 7h 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 9h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9h School improvement Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance MAT chiefs selected to spearhead Labour’s bid to make pupils’ transition into secondary less ‘challenging’ Jack Dyson 9h Jack Dyson 9h Schools ASCL conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Live updates from our journalists in Liverpool Freddie Whittaker 12h Freddie Whittaker 12h Inclusion Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion Documents reveal how councils’ deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision Samantha Booth 16h Samantha Booth 16h Ofsted Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison Martyn Oliver to claim pattern of gradings in new inspections shows watchdog is ‘raising standards’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 21h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 21h School funding ASCL conference: Pay and funding uncertainty loom as heads meet in Liverpool ‘I think that will be what is at the front of everyone’s minds. It’ll be a cloud over the… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 21h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 21h News School staff need better training to support children in care – Ofsted Watchdog also warns that issues with the systems of support for young people create ‘barriers to progress’ Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Schools Teacher Development Trust to become part of Chartered College of Teaching Leader says move will ‘protect the legacy’ of the professional development organisation Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d School funding Sixth forms face real-terms funding cut next year, leaders warn Government confirms funding for 16 and 17-year-olds will rise by just 0.5%, breaking a pledge made last year Freddie Whittaker 2d Anviksha Patel and Josh Mellor 2d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,028 Older
