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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

Referrals to the government’s anti-terrorism Prevent scheme for young people will be “routinely” escalated so more vulnerable youngsters get support. A rapid learning review of the programme comes ...

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