Ofsted

Tom Bennett has advised on behaviour policy in England for a decade – he sits down with Kyle Tormey to explain why the latest iteration of his behaviour support will deliver safer and calmer classrooms 

Government sets out healthy food plans after consultation received mixed views on a range of proposed restrictions

Experts warn of ‘serious flaws’ in the watchdog’s framework and question why schools with higher levels of SEND and disadvantaged pupils are getting lower grades

Suella Braverman also tells Tes the party favours Michaela-style behaviour rules, alongside plans to mandate hymns and flags in schools

Two years on from the decision to scrap headline Ofsted inspection judgements, Tes examines what difference this has made to schools and leaders

With schools facing growing pressures, staff want authentic leaders they can trust – showing vulnerability and admitting you don’t have all the answers can go a long way, writes Evelyn Forde

All inspections should be paused to protect school leaders’ wellbeing in light of the watchdog’s decision to press on with an inspection when a head was absent undergoing cancer treatment, says ASCL leader

Watchdog apologises for the timing of the inspection, as campaigners demand that the deferral request system for small schools be changed

Inspection evidence from schools will help inform strategies for keeping 16- to 18-year-olds in education, training or employment

A huge announcement on secondary education was made by Andy Burnham last night, begging a raft of questions. We set out the answers the sector needs and the detail – where it exists – we know already

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

A new DfE ‘similar schools’ measure, launching this September, is aimed at helping the government and Ofsted to understand how well pupils in one school are achieving compared with those in schools in a similar context