The schools bill, the creation of local school improvement teams and Ofsted reform are all welcome steps in the government’s ...

The country’s biggest academy trusts now extract £200 million from their schools’ budgets to fund growing central teams.

The schools bill may force academies to apply for permission from the education secretary to “build a bike shed”, it has been ...

Education Mutual, run by Nick Hurn, the chief executive of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust (BWCT), offers staff ...

Plans to grade schools on up to 11 areas will make Ofsted’s “inability to accurately capture the complexity of a school far ...

Sir Ian Bauckham has been confirmed as the permanent chief regulator of exams watchdog Ofqual, the education secretary has ...

Academy trusts could be on the verge of going bust, a major report has warned, with even the biggest MATs taking a financial ...

One clear positive from a reliability and consistency perspective is that ungraded inspections will no longer take place from ...

Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to reform its inspection framework and introduce new 'report cards' ...

Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver has said plans for new report cards are “revolutionary” for parents, and will “reset the bar” ...

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

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