‘Demoralising’: Top primaries lose their status under ‘harsher’ Ofsted inspections Downgraded ‘outstanding’ primary schools tell Schools Week new inspections are not a level playing field
Supreme Court ends Durand Academy land dispute Highest court throws out appeal bid from trustees seeking compensation for commercial facilities on school site
‘I’m trying to protect young people’: Heads ignore PM call to drop face masks from classroom Many schools persisting with masks despite guidance change
Ex-Tory MP claims government threatened free school project Christian Wakeford alleges the government threatened to pull a new school planned for his constituency if he did not vote with them
Ofsted back to business as usual from end of January The watchdog will have its full team of inspectors back in schools from January 31
Face masks in classrooms ditched from tomorrow Rules on coverings in communal areas will end on Thursday next week
Academics want reform of ‘narrow’ phonics focus Study claims teaching reading in England has been ‘less successful’ under new approach
Poorer pupil progress ‘increasingly difficult’ to measure Leaders demand ‘urgent review’ after study finds poorer disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes are becoming harder to measure
Ombudsman wants to intervene over academy admission disputes LGSCO role does not currently cover academies