To parents, thriving children are more important than the academies debate ‘Most of the parents we spoke to were not only uninterested, but frankly unaware of what academisation means’
Unions get green-light to challenge ‘strike-breaking’ law in court Judicial reviews brought by the TUC, NASUWT and Unison will be heard in March
Ofsted annual report 2021-22: 11 things we learned Watchdog issues warnings over uninspected schools, part-time timetables and its lack of powers over ‘chaotic’ and ‘unsafe’ illegal schools
Ofsted: School workforce crisis ‘compounding’ catch-up problems Recruitment and retention of staff must be ‘urgently addressed’
Teacher training: DfE to scrap school direct fee-funded route Ministers are also considering rolling the school direct salaried route into their postgrad teaching apprenticeship
MP: Ofsted sent ‘rogue hit squad’ to my child’s school Philip Hollobone claimed the team sent to inspect Bishop Stopford School had a ‘prearranged agenda’
Free school meals change could add thousands to schools’ incomes Leaders urged to help children previously ineligible due to their parents’ immigration status register for support
Ofsted and DfE criticised over lack of data on child sexual abuse MP fears lack of records will mean ‘important patterns and opportunities to introduce improved safeguarding’ being missed
SEND tribunal appeals top 10,000 for the first time In the past academic year, 11,052 SEND appeals were registered – a 29 per cent rise from 8,579 the previous year