Schools

DfE names 9 more attendance hubs and expands mentoring

Ministers also seek views on 'missing' children as department publishes first data on home education and council enforcement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
MATs

Wesley Davies, CEO, The Two Counties Trust

Most MAT chiefs are lucky if they get to open one free school in their lifetime. Wesley Davies has...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Governance

Academy governors want greater role in headteacher management

Involving local governors in school leader oversight offers a 'richer picture' of performance, says NGA

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Primaries form academy trusts as council support dwindles

Prospective chains say 'diminishing' authority help a factor in decision

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Opinion

It’s time to decide what our schools and teachers are for

Are schools education specialists or the front line of children’s services? Without clarity we are failing children and staff

Freddie Whittaker
Sinéad Mc Brearty
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
Governance

DfE scraps governance support scheme two years after reforms

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson