Inspectors recruited under the scheme will not get an inspection fee, with Ofsted instead contributing to their employers’ costs

The Key Stage 3 Alliance will form part of the government’s universal RISE school improvement offer, education secretary tells ASCL annual conference

Jonny Uttley is moving on from the 12-academy trust after six years as CEO and 15 years at the MAT

'Serious questions' asked after the Department for Education's spending on marketing approaches £50 million a year – up 43 per cent since 2022-23

The government's SEND plans involve thousands of pupils being taught in new 'inclusion bases' – but many school sites don't have space to create them, say leaders

Three-quarters of headteachers say parent behaviour has negatively affected their mental health, according to ASCL research

Analysis of the watchdog's report card system has shown that disadvantaged schools may be 'unfairly penalised'

Pepe Di’Iasio also tells ministers that SEND reforms will need more investment to succeed

Teachers tell the watchdog that working with different local authorities with different processes can be frustrating when trying to support vulnerable pupils

SEND reform plans are needed by June – and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

International schools group is now operating in 21 countries after deal for IB curriculum school with 230 pupils

The vast majority of complaints that qualified for Ofsted investigation last year did not lead to an immediate inspection, watchdog says

The trend is most pronounced at secondary, where almost half of unauthorised absence is down to students who were missing from school without permission 15 times or more in a year

The education charity will officially become part of professional body the Chartered College of Teaching later this year, in a move described as an 'exciting opportunity' to improve CPD

Conflict in the Middle East causes another international provider of assessments to shift its submission dates because of disruption to students' learning