Teacher training

12 teacher training providers set for reaccreditation

Twelve institutions that lost teacher training accreditation following a bruising market review are on course to be reaccredited

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

1 in 20 pupils now have EHCP after numbers rise again

New data shows 11 per cent yearly rise in number of pupils with education, health and care plans amid...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

‘Reckless and ridiculous’: Ofsted’s report card plan delay slammed

Phillipson criticises 'disappointing' consultation response delay, while unions say report card roll-out now 'nonsensical'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Edtech

Schools wanted to become edtech ‘testbeds’

Pilot to build 'evidence base' on impact of workload-cutting tech

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Pupil numbers

Pupil numbers fall as system passes demographic tipping-point

And for the first time, there are now more academies in England than council-maintained schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Biggest-ever academy trust merger given minister greenlight

Catholic mega MAT set to become second biggest in England as bosses eye September launch

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools Bill

Lords seek to water down schools bill powers

Peers will consider hundreds of amendments to the legislation as opposition politicians point to 'serious concerns'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RISE teams

Wi-fi scheme only for ‘stuck’ schools after levelling-up plan ditched

New scheme will offer £25m worth of support to boost connectivity in the classroom - but only to RISE...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Civil service

Senior civil servants ‘don’t know very much about education’

Academy chief and ex-senior DfE official says moving between departments 'erodes' capacity

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks