Recruitment and retention

Trust plans for accountancy-style career path for teaching assistants

Route would be targeted at support staff who don't already hold a degree

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted grades keep getting better after Oliver takes helm

Watchdog puts findings down to continued 'upward trend in inspection outcomes over the last few years'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Recruitment

Workforce woes hit national computing centre’s CPD recruitment

The £84 million government-funded centre was rated 'requires improvement' for a CPD KPI

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Faith

Schools swap Christian worship for mindfulness

70 schools granted exemptions from legal requirement to provide Christian worship since 2018

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School funding

BRIT School can’t afford to keep lights on for drummers

'Raising funds is what I do as a state head, which is unacceptable'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

Ofsted chief wants inspection to feel like ‘peer review system’

Inspection should be 'of the system, by the system, for children and parents', says Sir Martyn Oliver

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Recruitment

Now Teach: DfE axes funding for recruitment programme

Ex-DfE advisor and former education secretary criticise funding cut amid recruitment and retention crisis

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
High Court

School slams Ofsted’s ‘mystifying’ refusal to explain grade, High Court hears

All Saints Academy Dunstable claims Ofsted did not provide 'adequate reasons for very serious judgments'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofsted

School loses court battle over Ofsted downgrade to ‘good’

Thomas Telford school took watchdog to court over row about 'cooling off periods' not being registered as suspensions

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey