Academies

Free schools update ‘later this year’, and 3 other things we learned from ministers

The education secretary and her team answered MPs' questions in Parliament today

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Working-class white kids ‘most resistant to transformative work by schools’

Boss of review probing the issue says leaders 'faced with intergenerational discontent'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Education technology

AI questions to be trialled in SATs moderator tests

Government launches trial in bid to cut costs and school workload, amid push to 'harness the power of AI'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Councils to test ‘local offer’ as part of new SEND inclusion plans

But the fate of Conservative change programme initiatives remains unclear

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Ofsted

Ofsted keeps report cards support (or lack of) secret

Unions blast the watchdog after it only provides a narrative summary of responses to its consultation

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics

Reform on education: All headlines, no policy lines

Sparkly suits, pyrotechnics and a war on pupil 'indoctrination': Reform's party conference and what a Farage victory could mean...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

LocatED: DfE to absorb property firm and ‘unify’ teams

Decision comes after government launched review of all arm's length bodies

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

Schools should take ‘proactive’ action to get kids back to class, new rules state

Everything leaders need to know from new statutory guidance on children missing education

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

PFI handovers: Council stumps up £3.5m, but repairs still left waiting

Stoke's case shows councils ill-prepared for end of PFI deals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson