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Teacher drop-outs rise in every subject, and 8 more workforce findings

The rate of teachers dropping out of the classroom increased for every single subject between 2015 and last year,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Spielman warns off-rolling ‘could get worse’ after sharp rise in pupils leaving school before GCSEs

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has warned that the problem of schools removing pupils from the roll in order...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofsted considers tougher inspection regime for secure training centres

Ofsted wants to change the way it inspects secure training centres, which educate young offenders up to the age...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Ofsted DOES care about the early years

There is much more to Ofsted’s engagement with the early years sector than the chief inspector’s visits to individual...

Expert Contributor
GILL JONES
Opinion

Ofsted requires improvement – but how do we get there?

Ofsted’s name is mud this week. Amanda Spielman’s speech at last week’s Festival of Education went down like a...

Laura McInerney
LAURA MCINERNEY
News

Still no sign of the delayed ‘healthy schools’ rating scheme

The government still doesn’t know when proposals for a ‘healthy schools’ rating scheme will come to fruition, 10 months...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Set up ‘Teach First-style’ scheme for school mental health specialists, says report

A scheme modelled on Teach First should be set up in schools to train mental health specialists to work...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Dorset school told to improve or have funding withdrawn

A Dorset multi academy trust has been warned that one of its schools will have its funding agreement terminated...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofsted attempts parental charm offensive

Ofsted wants to make its inspection reports more accessible to parents because they are its “most important education stakeholders”,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson