Sir Ian Bauckham has been confirmed as the permanent chief regulator of exams watchdog Ofqual, the education secretary has ...

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

Education Mutual, run by Nick Hurn, the chief executive of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust (BWCT), offers staff ...

The country’s biggest academy trusts now extract £200 million from their schools’ budgets to fund growing central teams.

One clear positive from a reliability and consistency perspective is that ungraded inspections will no longer take place from ...

The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed four new non-executive board members to serve for the next three years.

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

Teachers and leaders have roundly criticised new Ofsted report cards – but parents are much more supportive of the proposed changes. A poll of more than 800 parents by non-profit More in Common, ...

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 ...

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

Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver has said plans for new report cards are “revolutionary” for parents, and will “reset the bar” ...