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 government has abandoned a plan to abolish a rule capping the proportion of pupils oversubscribed free schools can select based on faith at 50 per cent and remove the block on new faith special ...

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 ...