Referrals to the government’s anti-terrorism Prevent scheme for young people will be “routinely” escalated so more vulnerable ...

Academy trusts could be on the verge of going bust, a major report has warned, with even the biggest MATs taking a financial ...

Ofsted has this week published new ‘toolkits’ which explain how inspectors will assess and grade schools in each of the ...

The government will spend £2 million on a “writing framework” to “articulate a common approach to teaching”, as well as reading and writing professional development and a fund for secondary resources.

Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to reform its inspection framework and introduce new 'report cards' ...

Schools must record every “significant” use of reasonable force against pupils and report them to parents “as soon as ...

Presently, academy trusts have freedom to depart from the school teachers’ pay and conditions document (STPCD), which applies ...

The schools bill may force academies to apply for permission from the education secretary to “build a bike shed”, it has been ...

The first 20 of the government’s new school improvement advisers have been appointed – with 17 from academy trusts and just ...

Report cards will judge schools on eight areas, plus safeguarding. Early years and sixth forms will also have their own ...

And all of this means that improvement at the school level isn’t wholly codifiable. It’s not quite ‘voodoo’ – probably equal ...

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson addressed sector leaders at the Centre for Social Justice think tank this morning, ...