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 ...

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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

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