Governance

Schools with good governance ‘better prepared for Ofsted’

Those with effective boards 'more likely to sustain improvement beyond the inspection cycle', report finds

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Falling rolls

Community health hubs could use empty classrooms

LocatED chief 'seriously worried' closures due to demographic shifts could undo the work of the free schools programme

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

‘Universal RISE’: How will the DfE’s school improvement scheme work?

DfE writes to schools with the lowest attainment rates urging them to engage with optional programme

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Schools face £47.5m free school meals expansion shortfall

Leaders say government's plan to increase funding by 5p per meal goes 'nowhere near far enough'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

£23m expansion of school edtech and AI pilot

Pilot to launch in September, and to involve primary, secondary and further education settings across England

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Solutions

The school that confiscates phones for six weeks

Head whose abuse from parents was highlighted by MPs speaks to Schools Week about his strict policy approach

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust

When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were ‘broken’. But in a fight...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Suspensions tumble as trust embraces ‘emotional intelligence’ 

Influential turnaround trust criticised for high suspensions bidding to cut exclusions and 'keep children in school'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
The Business Leader

The school business leader role has evolved, but do policymakers know?

Today’s practitioners lead across finance, estates, people, digital systems, governance and organisational improvement. The language we use has not...

Freddie Whittaker
Stephen Morales