School Leadership

Head turned sci fi novelist and teacher trainer Alex Prior

Alex Prior well knows how painful it can be as a headteacher to pour your energy into a school, only for it...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Ofsted

Ofsted: Teachers ‘underwhelmed’ by training opportunities

Key findings from the second phase of the watchdog's review into professional development

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

Now Teach warns ‘axing funding will narrow trainee teacher pool’

The charity will stop recruiting for 2025, unless it can secure philanthropic funding

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teach First

‘It’s not just about top graduates’: Teach First changes tack in 2030 strategy

CEO Russell Hobby talks career-changers, a new focus on leadership and becoming less reliant on government contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE ends funding for teaching school hubs sector body

Officials praise Teaching Schools Hub Council for 'careful stewardship' of hubs network as cash pulled

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

Schools promised ‘financial incentives’ to pilot new teacher apprenticeship

Government also reveals 8 trainers that will trial the new scheme from September 2025

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Institute of Teaching hits target – with a little help from its friends

Recruits from founding academy trusts counted towards flagship teacher trainer's first-year figures

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

Teaching hub claims DfE ‘favours larger trusts’

Three hubs lose their designation as high-profile trusts move in

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher training

Teacher training guru Lynne McKenna, University of Sunderland

Lynne McKenna, Dean of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland, has a formidable work ethic. She “easily”...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill