Ofsted

Ofsted lauds free school that posted controversial job advert

Mercia School in Sheffield rated 'outstanding' across the board

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Intervention on coasting schools ‘all over the place’

'The whole system’s full of inconsistencies'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

DfE gives £17m to academy trusts to ‘try before you buy’

Money was released to support maintained schools at risk of 'unexpected or imminent failure'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies, Ofsted

MAT inspections are inevitable, so let’s start planning now

There is time for the government, Ofsted and others to invest in a programme of research

Freddie Whittaker
Steve Rollett
Governance

DfE scraps governance support scheme two years after reforms

NGA 'disappointed' national leaders of governance scheme will be disbanded

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust in union row over £1.5m support staff ‘back pay’

United Learning slams 'untrue' Unison accusations it is 'withholding pay'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Oasis Community Learning CEO John Murphy to step down

Leader of one of England's largest trusts leaves to pursue 'a range of projects across the education sector'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Teacher strikes: Reopen pay negotiations, says academies body

CST's Leora Cruddas calls on DfE to convene fresh talks to avert further industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

School inspections don’t hold MATs ‘sufficiently accountable’, says Ofsted

New report says inspections also don’t allow trusts to get credit, despite their growing influence over schools' quality of...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker