Susan Acland-Hood has worked alongside eight education secretaries since she became DfE’s permanent secretary in 2020. The ...
Inspectors will not check tech use as a ‘standalone’ part of inspections, but will look at its impact on outcomes ...
Supporting children with SEND is the biggest financial challenge schools are facing, governors have warned, overtaking staff ...
Scrapping spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPaG) tests, replacing scaled scores and ending the publication of school-level ...
Ofsted’s new independent complaints review service will be able to recommend reopening inspections when it finds the watchdog ...
A well-known CEO who oversaw his academy trust’s growth from three to 21 schools is set to step down, as his chain moves ...
It would be “fine” for government SEND reforms to create more specialist provision packages underpinning future education, ...
The latest Department for Education figures show 28,300 school-arranged AP placements were open in January 2026, with ...
The private school VAT slump in pupil numbers has “somewhat offset” the impact of falling rolls in state classrooms, ...
Primary schools are using isolation rooms to punish pupils as young as five years old, with some secondaries admitting they are willing to put older pupils into seclusion for up to five days in a row.
Key stage 3 is dominated by preparation for GCSE exams, with a narrow focus sometimes affecting funding and resources for ...
Visitors to the compare school and college performance ( CSCP) site have been met with a message stating it will close “soon” ...