Ofsted

Ofsted: School workforce crisis ‘compounding’ catch-up problems

Recruitment and retention of staff must be 'urgently addressed'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Teacher training: DfE to scrap school direct fee-funded route

Ministers are also considering rolling the school direct salaried route into their postgrad teaching apprenticeship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

MP: Ofsted sent ‘rogue hit squad’ to my child’s school

Philip Hollobone claimed the team sent to inspect Bishop Stopford School had a 'prearranged agenda'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Free school meals change could add thousands to schools’ incomes

Leaders urged to help children previously ineligible due to their parents' immigration status register for support

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND tribunal appeals top 10,000 for the first time

In the past academic year, 11,052 SEND appeals were registered – a 29 per cent rise from 8,579 the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

The schools bill is dead, so where next for academies?

Can the government achieve its vision for the school system after shredding its flagship legislation?

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Tutoring

Revealed: Tutoring scheme missed disadvantage target

Data suggests just 49% of tutoring reached disadvantaged pupils last year, well shy of the government's original 65% target

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

DfE ‘repurposes’ cash for £500m energy efficiency fund

Money promised for capital projects to improve energy efficiency is being funded from a DfE underspend

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

School attendance dip follows rise in strep A cases

Figures from more than 4,000 schools also show absences at the start of December were higher than at the...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker