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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson addressed sector leaders at the Centre for Social Justice think tank this morning, ...

As an initial response to the scathing criticism levelled at its previous arrangements, Ofsted and the Labour government did ...

The NLE system was only reformed a few years ago. Under the plans, the DfE will launch so-called school profiles. The new ...

Ofsted has unveiled plans for 'fairer' school report cards with a five-point grading system across up to 11 areas, but unions ...

The Chicago 5Essentials is a research-based framework with 30 years of data demonstrating that a school’s culture, climate ...