The government plans to introduce new “quality assurance frameworks” backed by “national standards” on unregistered alternative provision. The Department for Education will today launch...
The locations of 16 new special schools have been revealed, as ministers also named seven academy trusts selected to run seven other specialist settings...
Our Alternative Big Listen, launched last week, complements but may also undermine Ofsted’s own Big Listen. We intend it to be helpful and insightful...
Some councils taking part in the government’s “safety valve” SEND deficit reduction programme have “removed” their deficits, a top civil servant has said. Susan...
National professional qualifications (NPQs) for school leaders lack the “full extent of skills and knowledge” needed for the “complexity of increasingly senior roles” a...
Catholic schools rocked by falling pupil rolls are being urged to academise by their diocese to shield them from local authority closure orders, leaked...
The head of a high-profile school embroiled in a high court battle with Ofsted could impose “pretty much” any disciplinary measure bar “corporal punishment”...