Schools Week https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Schools Week | Education news, policy & school leadership insight Private special schools take control of their admissions Teacher trainers net top marks in new Ofsted inspections Coroner’s call for standard safeguarding tool rejected Ministers to expand evidence base on SEND spending £24m won’t breathe new life into music and arts, says union boss Delay to sweeping progress 8 reforms could hinder GCSE choices Framework to measure sense of belonging is delayed 1 in 4 secondaries hit by cyber-attacks, but numbers improve Movers and shakers: Oasis, Cam, Kids There is no single blueprint for inclusion bases Poetry should always be a pleasure, never a chore Operational leadership is not peripheral, it is the core of a trust’s quality Why Ofsted’s deferral system needs an overhaul DfE boosts educational psychologist training by 35 places A reading intervention can work and still fail in your school Colleagues’ support key to keeping school staff in post Academy trust CEO pay cap: what you need to know What to do when parents say their child must have a mobile phone Labour conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Firm and employees fined £50k for concealing evidence from CIF ‘bid-rigging’ probe ‘Something isn’t working for a significant proportion of children’ Rethink teacher pay rise if inflation rises, say unions DfE plans £2.3m spend on council SEND consultants Login Lucy Powell planning changes to Ofsted ‘within next few months’ New GCSEs risk widening inequalities if take-up is low, researchers warn Human skills matter ‘deeply’ in a world of AI, says minister Councils shun trial to move SEND funding into mainstream schools Five board members resign from tutors’ membership group Leadership can mean knowing when to let go 10-year funding needed for devolved education, argues report Pupil rights-based approach boosts belonging, study suggests ‘Structural barriers’ holding back vocational qualification take-up, warns report Reform and Green voters less likely to be satisfied with child’s school ‘Rapid response unit’ needed to overhaul AI in schools, says report Evidence of impact of ed tech often ‘fragmented and insufficient’, pilot finds New ‘vocational GCSEs’ to replace technical awards in major shake-up Voters back Burnham on education. The challenge is delivery The ‘wicked problem’ of SEND provision Why belonging is much more than a bolt-on pastoral initiative Revealed: What SEND reforms are proposed for your area? Union calls for Ofsted inspections pause over wellbeing concerns KS3 alliance seeks evidence on transition to secondary school Ian Bauckham to step down as Oak National Academy chair Privacy ‘I know what it is like to feel different and overlooked’ Subscribe Teachers’ Pension contract transfer will happen in November, says DfE Is the ‘fully funded’ teacher pay award just an illusion? The new government should make this a watershed moment for teacher workload How schools can help build stronger communities this Christmas How we can ensure standards for safeguarding About Advertising options with Schools Week ‘The government trails us. It’s time they recognised schools’ forward-thinking work’ DfE regional director to move to job share arrangement If academy trusts are the future, then back them Movers and shakers: #BeeWell, ImpactEd, Creative Education Trust Four steps towards a revolution in professional learning Government ‘commits to fully funding’ teacher pay rise, NEU reports Have your say. Shape what’s next. Contact us FAQs Trip to the Big Apple cost Nottingham AP school more than £36,000 Newsletters Parents now less likely to feel involved in their children’s education Parental engagement is falling. Here’s how to make it work Ofsted to pilot new complaints process to bring ‘greater independent oversight’ Extra £1bn SEND funding is ‘not reaching children’ Jailed academy finance boss banned from running schools after £200k fraud Homework is changing – and parents are losing touch Retraining teachers in physics ‘far cheaper’ than boosting bursaries New school uniform guidance ‘this year’, ministers say New school food standards: 13 key changes you need to know Powell’s first education questions: Live blog Movers and shakers: LEO, Swale, Penrose Every child deserves a safe place to make sense of the news Key stage 2 data blunder creates ‘unnecessary pressure’, heads say Expert staff shortages are key threat to £1.8bn SEND reform plans Reform: ‘There will be consequences for schools not singing anthem’ PISA 2025: Rise across the board, but science gender gap opens Burnham’s first budget must raise education spending, says NASUWT Disadvantage gap in primary school attainment widens Former Tory minister named national academy trust chair Almost 1,000 school leaders put forward for Ofsted peer inspector pilot No policies: Reform will reveal education plans ‘in due course’ SEND deficit could double if we pay private costs, council says Councils struggle to find the funds to build new schools Beating the zero-sum game: falling rolls demand collaboration, not competition Prevention starts in the classroom. Schools can help stop homelessness before it begins Five go virtual in rural Shropshire I believe in inclusion, but do we really know what that means? Schools lost £4.5 billion to real-terms cuts in 16 years, report warns Pay rise funding claims ‘misleading’, say school finance chiefs Heads ask for more help on how to conquer misuse of pupil images Analysis of Ofsted reports highlights ‘uneven’ science provision £600 for practice tests creates ‘11-plus tutoring arms race’ Reform conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Lib Dems vow to end NEET crisis with ‘ambitious’ education and work experience reforms