Unions

Concerns over last-minute updates to safeguarding guidance come amid wider calls for the government to pause the ‘ever-expanding’ requirements it makes of schools

DfE also presses ahead with allowing one-off bonuses for teachers and leaders, despite union warnings about pay inequality

This year the government announced that Ofsted would inspect schools’ phone policies as part of a major crackdown on devices – but Tes analysis reveals that such policies are rarely mentioned in inspection report cards

New complaints service will be able to make recommendations about grading to Ofsted’s chief inspector

School leaders voice frustration as delay to consultation on study and subject content confirmed

The school leaders’ union becomes the third union to state that it has no confidence in Ofsted’s leadership, saying that reform of inspection has been ‘dishonest’

Heads’ leaders urge the government to put more investment into education in the Budget to prevent staff cuts and school closures

Union says Ofsted chief should step aside after nearly all teacher respondents to NEU poll say they have no faith in the watchdog’s leadership

As the NEU teaching union calls on the government not to claw back savings, Tes sets out whether schools could keep the money and what doing so would mean for public finances

Union also considers indicative ballot on industrial action if more is not done to mitigate the impact of inspection on wellbeing

Despite Ofsted welcoming findings from an independent evaluation of its inspections, heads’ leaders question Sir Martyn Oliver’s claim that the watchdog is ‘on the right track’

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