Opinion

2,833 or 1,179 – how many schools will fall under the new coasting definition?

Yesterday, Schools Week reported on analysis by Education Datalab which showed almost 1,200 schools would be defined as “coasting”,...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

How many schools should we be trying to help?

The question may not be how many coasting or failing schools need help, but how many we have the...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

There aren’t enough academy sponsors for ‘coasting schools’ – so why not let for-profit providers try?

James Croft gives his take on plans to force “coasting” schools to become academies as revealed in today’s Queen’s Speech. A...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Government to rewrite academy rules after staff member halts school conversion

The Government has been forced to stop the academy conversion of a school after opposition from a single staff member. It will now...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

‘Coasting schools’ are not defined by their Ofsted grade, and 6 other things we learned from Nicky Morgan

In the first ever Schools Week webinar, education secretary Nicky Morgan told us more about her future plans.  ...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Nicky Morgan: Academies are a ‘better kind’ of school than local authority ones

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, education secretary Nicky Morgan agreed that academies are a ‘better kind’...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Why Morgan’s plan to fire heads of ‘coasting schools’ relies on imaginary people

So, what does the government’s new ‘coasting schools’ plan actually involve? Things we know: – As soon as a...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

The system could be given the freedoms to be great

It looks like a busy five years for Nicky Morgan: 500 new free schools, an extra 17,500 maths and...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips