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Troubled UCAT trust to shed four schools after finances warning

Four schools run by the troubled University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT) will be rebrokered to new sponsors following...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Amanda Spielman’s Ofsted moves away from ‘male-dominated’ culture

Ofsted’s next inspection framework will promote a more “collaborative” approach to leadership, in a move away from the “male-dominated”...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Catholic academy trust tackled weaknesses ‘at a brisk pace’

Ofsted inspectors have praised improvements at the Romero Catholic Multi Academy Company after visiting all eight of its schools. Seven...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Safeguarding, fire safety and segregation: DfE releases 27 new private school warning notices

The government has published the latest batch of warning notices issued to underperforming private schools. Among other transgressions, it...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Feature

Has Ofsted given up on school case studies?

Ofsted’s case studies have not always had their intended consequences. As Sean Harford said at the recent ‘Radical ideas...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

RNIB chief executive resigns over ‘serious incidents’ at special school in Coventry

The chief executive of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has resigned over safeguarding failings at one of...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

NAHT launches commission to investigate school accountability

The way schools are held to account will be investigated by a new independent commission that seeks to find...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Ofsted boss calls for teachers to prove subject knowledge to stay qualified

Teachers should have to prove their subject knowledge is up-to-date at regular intervals to maintain their qualified status, a...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

What should an Ofsted inspection framework for multi-academy trusts look like?

The debate around the accountability of multi-academy trusts has intensified in recent months, writes Michael Pain As a handful...

Expert Contributor
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