Exams

The schools working hard for the ‘forgotten third’

Every year, about a third of GCSE pupils in England do not achieve a grade 4 in English and...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Union anger as spring statement snubs schools

Reeves mentioned crumbling school roofs, but they won't get more capital cash next year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

ASCL floats ‘3+ point’ grading scale for Ofsted and calls for reform delay

Union warns Ofsted's five-point grading plan would leave 'school and college leaders in a worse position than they are...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy trust will press on with pension change despite government ‘threats’

England's biggest MAT to go ahead with controversial plan to offer less generous pensions in return for higher salaries

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Levelling up

Priority education areas no longer a priority

Priority education investment areas scheme due to end

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

95%+ attendance almost doubles odds of GCSE pass

DfE research finds missing just 10 days of year 11 halves the odds of getting a grade 5 in...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Ofsted

Ofsted appoints Mark Vickers as external adviser for inclusion

AP academy trust CEO will be tasked with helping to implement Ofsted's reforms

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

Academy sector annual report: 7 key findings

Auditors sound warning over pension liabilities, while one trust paid out an exit package of at least £200k

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

More children start school with poor speech and language skills, warn teachers

And most say this makes their job harder, poll finds

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer