Politics

‘Galling’ pay-offs for DfE ministers on the political merry-go-round

Ten ministers who resigned or were sacked are due nearly £110,000 in pay-offs

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Revealed: DfE’s ‘cluster takeover’ plan to boost big academy trusts

Officials draw up proposals to help leading trusts expand into new regions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Boosting reading in secondary schools: 6 Ofsted report findings

Watchdog says tips from top schools will help others improve reading for struggling pupils and inform its own inspections

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

What will become of the endangered ‘Tory teacher’?

‘The Conservatives must return to being the party of social justice’

Freddie Whittaker
Donna Ferguson
Schools

Inspectors gave clean bill of health to schools where children were sexually abused

Seven-year inquiry identifies 'many shortcomings' in systems of protection, regulation, oversight and enforcement

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Ofsted

Ofsted snubs calls for annual safeguarding audits

Yvette Stanley, national director for social care at Ofsted, said safeguarding could not be separated from the "culture and...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Matchmaker trusts to help DfE improvement drive

Seven institutions awarded £646k contract to broker support for struggling schools

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Crisis charity reports surge in school teachers at risk

'Poor children are a particular source of distress for educators, it hits teachers in a way that little else...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted

Ofsted snubs calls to publish inspector training guides

School leaders are demanding the watchdog publish 'aide memoires' summarising inspection criteria after some were leaked

Amy Walker
Amy Walker