Francis says ‘frequent complaints’ include that assessment and exams ‘dictate curriculum’, which is also ‘overprescribed and ...

Ofsted chief makes plea to sector to stop inspections ‘running hot and bring the temperature down’ Ofsted chief makes plea to ...

Poorer pupils could be better supported if its intervention criteria included how heavily populated an area is ...

Phillipson confirmed the government was looking at letting councils open schools again, as first revealed by Schools Week in ...

Brokering relationships between schools and trusts where the advisor has a vested interest in making learning better for more ...

Sector leaders demand answers over Ofsted’s role, accountability and capacity in the government in the improvement model ...

The major shortage in the supply of STEM skills in the UK damages our economic prospects – costing to the tune of £1.5 ...

All three of Eton College’s proposed flagship “elite” sixth forms, run in partnership with Star Academies to ‘level up’ left ...

The government’s school standards tsar has said he’s “never seen teachers more enslaved”, with some “being told what to do” ...

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson made pupil happiness, wellbeing and delivering inclusive schools the key messages of her first big speech to the sector. Speaking at the Confederation of School ...

Povey’s brother, Ross Povey, former deputy at the school, has been banned from teaching for two years. He was also found to ...