Recruitment and retention

Trust’s 9-day fortnight boosted wellbeing, but ‘overwhelmed’ some staff

Another paper finds impact of including other perks in teacher job adverts 'comparable to a 10 per cent salary...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher training

Calls for national CPD strategy as ‘hundreds of millions of pounds wasted’

New report estimates £1bn is spent annually on teacher development - but provision is patchy

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted chief calls for new state school standards ‘enshrined in law’

Sir Martyn Oliver says new legislation would 'stop Ofsted from tinkering' and 'deciding to do something new'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

AI could analyse lessons delivered by new teachers under NIOT pilot

Artificial intelligence could be used to analyse recordings of lessons by early career teachers under a new trial being...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Union tells school leaders to demand Ofsted risk assessment

NAHT says move is about ‘preventing avoidable harm – including the most serious outcomes – arising from a flawed...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Schools more positive about Ofsted inspections as headline grades ditched

But analysis shows those taking part in survey are more likely to have had positive Ofsted outcomes

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted keeps report cards support (or lack of) secret

Unions blast the watchdog after it only provides a narrative summary of responses to its consultation

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
MIS

MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch

Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Reform on education: All headlines, no policy lines

Sparkly suits, pyrotechnics and a war on pupil 'indoctrination': Reform's party conference and what a Farage victory could mean...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks