Schools

Surge in school cuts ‘threatening Labour’s opportunity mission’

Poll for Sutton Trust charity finds rise in leaders laying off staff and cutting curriculum as funding storm hits...

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
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

Council attempt to cut academies’ intake ‘absurd’, says MAT boss

CEO fears Labour reforms will give authorities hit by falling rolls more teeth to squeeze academy intakes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Snap, crackle and flop? Breakfast clubs have rocky launch

Early adopter school considered pulling out, with concerns over schools losing club income

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’

Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

‘I don’t remember it being this bad’: Teachers reveal scale of Labour’s school-ready promise

Survey reveals mismatch in expectations between teachers and parents over what 'being school ready' means

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Budget 2024

Labour’s first budget: after the dust has settled, here’s what we know…

A week on from the budget, Schools Week looks at how it may impact schools and the Department for...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy freedoms? ‘I’ve never seen teachers more enslaved’ says school standards tsar

Sir Kevan Collins warns of a 'narrow compliance culture' in some schools

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Regions group

Intervention model for regional improvement teams revealed

New teams will RAG rate schools for support, draw up 'local area priorities' and use councils for help

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson