Academies

Conflict questions as Labour moves to single regulator

Former official claims closing ESFA 'bad news for transparency and fairness', but others welcome the change

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker
Music

£6m music pilot launched for disadvantaged children

Cash injection expected to help charity 'supercharge' existing music programme

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
GCSEs

Natural history GCSE stalls after official ‘block’

The proposed GCSE is one of a number of curriculum commitments currently up in the air post-election

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Children’s commissioner orders compulsory survey of schools

Dame Rachel de Souza uses statutory powers to ask schools about their provision and barriers to supporting pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools as community hubs

The Oasis hubs providing a Surer Start for youngsters

Schools will play a key role in hosting the government’s new youth hubs as part of a reimagining of...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Recruitment and retention

Pledge for 6,500 new teachers may not be delivered for years

Special unit assembled in DfE to work on Labour's manifesto commitment, but concern grows over speediness of plan

Jack Dyson
Lucas Cumiskey and Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted report cards: What we know so far…

New Ofsted reports from next September will focus on schools’ context, their inclusivity and on pupil happiness and wellbeing

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Education policy

School improvement teams ‘will offer support to all’

New regional teams pledged in Labour manifesto will be rolled out from early 2025

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

Revealed: 12-member panel to lead Labour curriculum review

Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exams expert among those appointed to work with Professor Becky Francis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker