SEND

NFER: MATs should create ‘director of SEND’ role

SEND leaders are playing a ‘crucial role’ in fostering collaboration and assisting individual schools, researchers find

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted criticises ‘limited and poor quality’ RE lessons

5 key findings from Ofsted’s religious education subject report

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Funding

CST outlines 4 reforms for ‘fairer’ school funding

Academy body calls for SEND cash through the national funding formula, a policy premium and new private finance building…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SATs

Capita loses £180m SATs contract to exam board Pearson

Schools faced ‘significant frustration’ during outsourcer’s first year, with thousands of papers going missing and wrong marks awarded

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
High Court

Michaela school wins High Court battle over prayer ban

Policy did not ‘interfere’ with a Muslim pupil’s religious freedoms because she had ‘chosen the school knowing its strict…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Big MATs have highest teacher turnover, EPI finds

Large trusts have highest levels of teacher turnover and are better-off, report reveals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Governance

Sir Paul Marshall steps down from Ark Schools board

Media mogul was accused of liking and sharing far-right extremist posts and conspiracy theories on social media

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE ends funding for teaching school hubs sector body

Officials praise Teaching Schools Hub Council for ‘careful stewardship’ of hubs network as cash pulled

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Lucas Cumiskey
News

Schools face £1bn funding hit over falling rolls, report suggests

Think tank warns of ‘imminent challenges to financial health of schools’ amid falling rolls crisis

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment

Scouting for teachers: DfE’s latest recruitment plan revealed

Scouts will develop ‘teaching skills’ as part of attaining their badges under a new government scheme to boost teaching…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
NPQs

NPQ lead provider pulls out of scaled-back scheme

Education Development Trust said it reached the ‘regrettable conclusion’ after DfE axed free funding for all NPQs

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Former Ofsted chief to lead watchdog’s independent review 

Inquiry will look at whether Ofsted’s policies for responding to tragic incidents need to be revised after Ruth Perry…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey