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

Presently, academy trusts have freedom to depart from the school teachers’ pay and conditions document (STPCD), which applies ...

Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver has said plans for new report cards are “revolutionary” for parents, and will “reset the bar” to raise standards. Here is a full Q&A from Oliver’s interview with Schools ...

Ofsted has this week published new ‘toolkits’ which explain how inspectors will assess and grade schools in each of the ...

Merger plans that would create England’s second biggest MAT have been given the greenlight, after being referred to ministers to rule on. Delta Academies Trust boss Paul Tarn took over Coast and Vale ...

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

Schools must record every “significant” use of reasonable force against pupils and report them to parents “as soon as ...

After joining Unity Schools Partnership, the school was rated ‘good’ in 2023. Inspectors said “leaders have transformed the ...

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

And all of this means that improvement at the school level isn’t wholly codifiable. It’s not quite ‘voodoo’ – probably equal ...

The first 20 of the government’s new school improvement advisers have been appointed – with 17 from academy trusts and just ...

Recent reports that senior inspectors within Ofsted – the very people who will have to implement this new framework – are also deeply concerned about the nature of the reforms only serves to reinforce ...