Schools

Schools wanted for AI lesson planning trial

Education Endowment Foundation study to assess whether AI tool can save teachers time while not compromising on quality

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
RISE teams

45 more advisers recruited to join ‘best of the best’ RISE teams

Four in five of the government's new school improvement consultants are from the trust sector

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Profile

Profile: Avnee Morjaria, IPPR

IPPR associate director Avnee Morjaria has taught, inspected and worked in government. Now she is influencing policy from...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
DfE

DfE regions group leader John Edwards to be council CEO

Senior civil servant to become chief executive of Rotherham council

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Nearly two-thirds think Ofsted reforms are worse, ‘alternative’ consultation finds

Survey launched by Ofsted critics finds 90% of respondents said five-point grading system not fit for purpose

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Kent council’s controversial special school inclusion plans shelved

Proposals to redesignate special schools amid accusations some 'turned away most complex pupils' faced legal threats

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
NEU Conference

Strikes, maternity pay and SATs boycott: NEU conference preview

Eight interesting motions that will set the agenda at the education union's conference next week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Funding

Schools’ repair bill ‘much higher’ than £13.8bn estimate

High-ranking Whitehall official warns cost to fix crumbling estate 'almost certain' to be more than thought

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Nursery

Revealed: The first 300 schools splitting £37m nursery cash

Ministers announced last June they would repurpose empty primary school classrooms to create 100,000 childcare places in 3,334 settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker