Schools

DfE bans former head of ‘holistic’ AP school after Ofsted safety concerns

Ofsted inspectors found pupils at the Devon school could access nearby train tracks and industrial units

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

‘Join the PTA not the pile-on’, Oliver tells complaining parents

Parents should engage with schools 'in the right way', says Ofsted chief amid rising abuse of teachers and leaders

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

sQuid: Give us back our money, parents tell closed payment provider

Company shut up shop in the UK last Friday. Around 600 schools used it

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Ofsted

More schools get positive Ofsted scores after headline grades ditched

First data on inspections without overall judgments shows rises across behaviour, personal development and leadership categories

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

Ofsted reform critics want ‘low-accountability system’, claims chief inspector

Sir Martyn Oliver says new report cards 'are not and never were going to bring about the end of...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

‘Now or never’ for 6,500 teacher pledge, Labour warned, as vacancies reach new high

Teacher leaving rates have not improved since before the pandemic, report warns

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

DfE seeks to ‘improve’ school reporting on pupil premium spend

Department seeks schools' views as influential committee calls for better follow-up with settings that fail to report on pupil...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Special schools recruit fewer teachers from training – report

Special schools 'rely' on teachers developing experience with SEND pupils in mainstream settings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Academies

‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’

Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson