Incoming Ofsted chief ‘misled’ MPs over trust exclusion claims Outwood Grange’s secondaries excluded twice as many pupils as other schools in some of their regions
Trust leaders more likely to work part-time for Ofsted Incoming chief Sir Martyn Oliver has pledged to look at getting more sector leaders involved in inspections
DfE hopes £1.2m contract will boost academy trustee recruitment Tender comes as survey finds three quarters of governors have difficulty recruiting to their boards
Catholic turnaround trust gets green light to take on good schools Government approval for extension into ‘hybrid’ trust means it will become permanent from next year
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Ex-turnaround trust CEO charged with historic child sex offences Gareth Mason, who had been on secondment at the Falcon trust, to appear in court later this month
Support staff needed to ease teacher workload crisis, says DfE study Government-commissioned report calls for more ‘curriculum support officers’ to help teachers with admin
Astrea ‘strong and improving’ but exclusions ‘too high’ says Ofsted Leaders ‘united by vision of addressing disadvantage’, but behaviour and attendance issues remain
Sheffield school ‘in control of destiny’ as academy order torn up Head hails ‘rare achievement’ for school that recovered from ‘inadequate’ Ofsted report in less than a year