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John Roberts

John Roberts is SEND and inclusion editor at Tes magazine

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Coasting schools: New Ofsted rule is ‘sword of Damocles’ for heads
Headteachers’ leaders speak out over Department for Education plan to move schools that are twice rated less than ‘good’ into MATs
General
4 July 2022
Sword
Schools Bill: ‘Clarity’ needed on academy powers after U-turn, say leaders
Academy leaders call for clarity and precision on legislation creating new DfE powers over academies after yesterday’s u-turn
General
1 July 2022
Zahawi: Scottish education in 'freefall' and has 'no plan'
Zahawi: ‘Overwhelming’ council response to academies plan
Education secretary says council leaders are in talks with independent schools about launching multi-academy trusts
General
30 June 2022
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said that there has been an overwhelming response from councils to setting up MATs.
Plan to academise ‘coasting’ schools goes ahead despite Ofsted fears
New powers will allow the DfE to place an academy order on a school that has had two Ofsted ratings less than ‘good’
General
30 June 2022
The DfE is pushing ahead with the plan to create new powers to intervene at schools with two consecutive less than good judgements
Schools Bill: DfE scraps academy power measures after backlash
The move to water down planned measures to regulate academy trusts follows heavy criticism of the Bill in the House of Lords
General
30 June 2022
education secretary nadim zahawi
DfE launches review into how MATs will be held to account
Review to set out new standards for multi-academy trusts as well as threshold for government to intervene
General
29 June 2022
The DfE has launched a new review into the standards it will create to oversee multi academy trusts.