The government plans to “time-limit” the use of unregistered alternative provision, require settings to comply with national standards and have councils maintain lists of...
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...
The government’s £70 million programme to pilot the SEND and alternative provision reforms is “about nine months” behind schedule, with some changes going down...
Rishi Sunak’s “Advanced British Standard” risks an increase in the volume of exams, the continuation of “unregulated” international A-levels and requires “significant investment” to...
The government is ‘re-assessing the best ways’ to attract career-changers into teaching, the schools minister has said, after the DfE axed funding for Now...
Schools should appoint “security leads” and devise emergency response plans, new anti-terrorism guidance states. The recommendations have been included in documents published by government...