Policy

It may feel as though change is the only constant in education policy, but looking to predictable undercurrents could help schools to pre-empt the next political shift, writes Loic Menzies

An independent report into the new Ofsted framework offers positive signs that inspections are doing what they were designed to do, despite identifying areas to improve, argues Lee Owston

Amid fierce criticism of its school inspections, Ofsted has been asked by education secretary Lucy Powell to go ‘back to the drawing board’. John Roberts assesses whether it can find a path out of this crisis

Trusts running specialist schools come in a range of shapes and sizes – but how are they evolving and what role will they play in the government’s SEND reforms?

NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure

ASCL’s senior members are meeting this week to decide how to take ‘more assertive action’ over inspection concerns

Andrew O’Neill, who was appointed school policy and delivery adviser under previous education secretary Bridget Phillipson, brings an early end to his secondment

More than 46,000 students took A-level economics this year but the subject has had fewer than 100 new specialist teachers since 2019. The government needs to make this staff shortage a priority, argues academic Sonia Strnad

Complex issues are being ‘laced with political bias’ in classrooms, says shadow education secretary, as the Conservatives set out plan to introduce mandatory training for teachers on impartiality

Shadow education secretary warns against ‘upheaval’ of the school system under Labour’s plan for new technical education courses from age 14

Tes tests the reaction to the first wave of official SEND training materials, focused on inclusive teaching and speech, language and communication development

School leaders say employers are withdrawing from offering placements amid uncertainty over the impact of new safeguarding changes