Attendance

‘The new epidemic’: Why more pupils are missing school

Absenteeism has become endemic in our schools. The search for solutions is keeping headteachers awake at night but, despite...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Teacher strikes

Teacher strikes: NAHT will re-ballot school leaders

Leaders of all four unions to announce plan to co-ordinate industrial action as pay dispute escalates

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE on course to recruit less than half of required secondary teachers

Analysis of new government recruitment targets shows teacher supply is 'spiralling out of control'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

DfE fleshes out new academy trust quality descriptors

Government hopes guidance 'represents clear and ambitious vision for sector'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Spielman: Ofsted ‘lightning rod’ for wider school discontent

Chief inspector points to 'wider disagreement' in sector over pay and funding when challenged on criticism following Ruth Perry...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Academy trusts drive suspensions in areas DfE wants them to cut rates

Findings spark calls for government to rethink 'naïve' trust development statements

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

DfE’s top SEND official leaves as reforms introduced

Government launches search for official to fill £130k-a-year role

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Sheffield parents fight academy order as transparency rows reignited

DfE wants to transfer King Edward VII School to the Brigantia Learning Trust

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Governance

Diversity stats ‘not enough’ to boost school board representation

New government guidance 'encourages' schools to collect and publish governor and trustee diversity data

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson