Ofsted

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

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Fact check: Do council schools really outperform academies?

Local Government Association analysis has some major flaws – here’s what you need to know...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

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

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Astrea ‘strong and improving’ but exclusions ‘too high’ says Ofsted

Leaders 'united by vision of addressing disadvantage', but behaviour and attendance issues remain

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

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

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy transfers rise following Covid lull

And more switches are being triggered by trusts themselves, new data shows

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson