Interview

Geoff Barton: ‘I don’t want to be wheeled out as yesterday’s man’

Departing ASCL boss talks supporting heads through Covid, his new oracy commission, that pay dispute and looking forwards, not...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

£2.3m absence mentoring pilot reaches just half of target

And just half of those reached achieved improved attendance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Unions: ‘Clunky’ advanced British standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for pupils

Ministers accused of 'putting the cart before the horse' with 16-19 reform plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Kat Howard, Summer Turner, James Biddulph, Majella McCarthy

Leader who served ex-PM breakfast and almost starred in Hollyoaks and principal who lived in rainforest among those starting...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Governance

Schools and trusts slow to publish governors diversity data

Government wants diversity details of boards to be 'widely available', but data protection a barrier, report trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’

Government criticised for committing 'platoon of civil servants' to policy unlikely to come to fruition

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oracy

Geoff Barton to lead oracy commission for Voice 21

Departing union boss will lead effort to build blueprint for a 'national entitlement', as Labour plans speaking boost

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Child poverty

Appoint poverty ‘tsar’ and extend universal free meals to worst-hit schools, DfE told

Report from ex-children's commissioner also calls for government plan to support schools to reduce the impact of poverty

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Mental health

32,000 children wait at least 2 years for mental health treatment

Children's commissioner calls for early intervention as pupils wait 'significant portion of their young lives' for support

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker