SEND

SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years

SEND deficit 'statutory override' protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Urgently set out plans to avoid SEND deficits ‘cliff-edge’, MPs tell DfE

Senior MP warns 'lack of action' suggests government is 'comfortable with the current state of affairs'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship training time cut for teachers to line up with school year 

Minimum duration will be cut from 12 to 9 months

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on skills

Former headteacher will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

ASCL floats ‘3+ point’ grading scale for Ofsted and calls for reform delay

Association warns Ofsted's five-point grading plan would leave 'school and college leaders in a worse position than they are...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

OCR pauses geography GCSE changes amid ‘unanswered questions’ about future of exams

Exam board believes it is 'wise to wait' for the outcome of the curriculum and assessment review

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Half of councils face insolvency over £5bn SEND deficit ticking timebomb

Survey of councils suggests over half will fail to break even if a measure keeping deficits off their books...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Report cards ‘rushed and botched’, Ofsted whistleblowers claim

Watchdog insiders say planned consultation is a 'sham' and reforms have been 'cobbled together at ridiculous speed'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted system glitch wiped evidence during almost 200 inspections

But in almost every case inspectors were still able to consider the findings when reaching judgments, says watchdog

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker