Academies Exclusive 109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister England’s biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education Jack Dyson 2mins Jack Dyson 2mins News Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb Oliver told the ASCL conference on Friday he would ‘never acquiesce to the quiet curse of low expectations’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mins Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mins Movers and Shakers More DfE change as new regional director revealed Nigel Minns’s arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year Jack Dyson 11h Jack Dyson 11h Inclusion Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says Freddie Whittaker 18h Freddie Whittaker 18h Pay and conditions Three-year 6.5% teacher pay rise won’t be enough, warns NFER Annual report paints ‘happier’ picture of sector but warns ‘this is not the time for complacency’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 21h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 21h School buildings LocatED chief to depart as DfE prepares to absorb property firm CEO announces she will take on ‘new challenge’ when the government-backed company moves into the department Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d Movers and Shakers Nottingham professors to lead university teacher trainers’ body UCET chair Stefanie Sullivan, and fellow Nottingham University professor Jo McIntyre will jointly take over role Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Ofsted Complaints to Ofsted rise as parents urged to approach schools first Complaints to watchdog rise by 5 per cent as watchdog says some parents are bypassing internal processes Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Curriculum Schools left in the dark on RSHE training grants Department for Education promised training grants in ‘early 2026’ Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Schools English hubs support programme expanded to secondaries English hubs to be rolled out to secondaries in September following ‘successful’ pilot Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Inclusion Exclusive Exclusions and absence cut under early identification approach – study Approach focuses on early identification of needs and action plans Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d 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 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,030 Older
