Features All Features Schools Profile Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Ofsted Ofsted left head feeling ‘powerless, weak and humiliated’ After the recent outpouring of anger over the death of Ruth Perry, a headteacher who described his Ofsted experience… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y pupil referral unit Long read Inside a north London PRU Thirteen-year-old Maria* used to turn up at her pupil referral unit in the mornings already drunk on vodka. She… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Schools Profile Inside today’s bananas world of sex ed, with Matilda Lawrence-Jubb In the new world of Andrew Tate, hardcore pornography and rape culture, sex education is very different to the… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Schools Profile CEO’s mission to make AI a force for good in classrooms Priya Lakhani is at pains to express how many of the achievements in her colourful career were driven by… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Strikes Long read ‘We support the strikes … but the children come first’ Headteachers say they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this week’s strikes, with… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Academies Profile ASCL President on why she’s quitting headship Sleepless nights caused by not enough staff to cover classes has been the final straw for Evelyn Forde. After… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y SEND Investigation School leaders rebel over raid on reserves amid ‘shameful’ bail-out ultimatum A council set for a multi-million pound government bailout to bring its soaring SEND deficit under control will claw back… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Ofsted Profile The “maverick” headteacher determined to question Ofsted’s ruling Dr Kulvarn Atwal’s reputation for teacher development recently attracted the entire staff of a Norwegian school to Essex, just… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Private schools Profile Chris King, the chief executive of the Independent Association of Prep Schools As a young pupil of Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital school in Bristol, Chris King used to take his cap off… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y SEND Profile ‘People like me were absent when things were going wrong’ Tony McArdle is the man who holds the purse strings to stop councils going bankrupt – but only if… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y small schools Investigation How the MAT era is squeezing out small schools Small schools are the ‘beating heart’ of their community, but their numbers have been falling. Jessica Hill investigates how… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 31 Older Must Read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y