The consequences are predictable. Mainstream schools will struggle further with standards (particularly for children with SEND). There will be an increase in violence and disruption. More teachers and ...

School leaders have lambasted new Ofsted inspection toolkits as “cobbled together” and “a nonsense”. Under plans for new report cards, schools would be rated one of five, colour-coded judgments: ...

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

Plans to grade schools on up to 11 areas will make Ofsted’s “inability to accurately capture the complexity of a school far ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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