Jan 7, 2025 · Ofsted chief inspector Martyn Oliver appeared in front of education committee MPs today to talk about Ofsted reform

Dec 17, 2024 · “At the heart of the bill appears to be the welcome message that a school is a school, regardless of its governance structure. “School leaders in academies and maintained schools alike share the same goals and aspirations for the children in their care and are wrestling with the same challenges.”

Nov 5, 2024 · I attended the Teams briefing session today with many others. It was a refreshing approach which was well presented by the civil servants. It was informative and very helpful, drawing together the sector from single academy trusts to larger trusts as well as the maintained schools, also recognising the local authorities too.

Dec 20, 2024 · The government’s new schools bill will dominate education policymaking for the next few years, before changes start to feed into classrooms across the country from 2026 onwards.

Jun 13, 2024 · The manifesto only sets out policies that have already been announced, although some have inevitably evolved or changed slightly since they were announced – some as long ago as 2021.. Further details on what the party has said on its policies before can be found in our policy tracker.. In the document, the party pledged to “drive up standards, modernise the school curriculum, reform ...

Dec 10, 2024 · The government has said a 2.8 per cent teacher pay rise “would be appropriate” for 2025-26.. In its evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body, the Department for Education said this level of award “would maintain the competitiveness of teachers’ pay, despite the challenging financial backdrop the government is facing”.. It comes after teachers were awarded a rise of 5.5 per cent ...

Dec 18, 2024 · The proposed children’s wellbeing and schools bill would give ministers a new legal power to intervene where academy trusts break rules, while flexi-schooled children would also fall under new council registers.

Dec 18, 2024 · When approached for comment, Future CEO Lawrence Foley said: “Whilst we recognise that the DFE and treasury have difficult decisions to make given the fiscal position they inherited, it seems to us that ending the contract at this point in the year is simply pushing these financial problems onto schools at a time when they cannot cope with it.

Sep 6, 2024 · The government has said its new Ofsted report cards will offer parents a “much clearer, much broader picture of how schools are performing”, while lowering the stakes of inspection for schools.

Oct 30, 2024 · The core schools budget will increase by £2.3 billion next year to “support” the government’s pledge to hire thousands more teachers. The chancellor Rachel Reeves also announced during her budget speech today that she was providing a £1 billion uplift in funding to support work to reform the system for pupils with special educational needs. ...