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The government’s schools White Paper sets out a goal for full academisation - but Tes analysis suggests that it would take decades to turn this into reality
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Severe student absence increases
The latest DfE figures show that overall pupil absence has improved, but a higher proportion of children are missing more than half of their classes
Statutory SEND support should not need diagnosis, say experts
Taskforce urges the government to create a new layer of statutory SEND support in mainstream schools – but to keep existing EHCPs temporarily
SEND: White Paper delayed until 2026, Phillipson reveals
Government had been expected to set out SEND reform plans this autumn – but the education secretary says it is important to 'take the time to listen and get it right'
Glasgow education director resigns over budget text messages
The messages were sent to a councillor and related to Glasgow’s 2024-25 budget which contained plans to cut £27.8 million from education over three years
Vanessa Ogden named DfE’s new regional director for London
Trust leader Dr Ogden is also a RISE adviser and on the panel of the curriculum and assessment review
Schools grading themselves is ‘almost impossible’, heads warn Ofsted
Ofsted's expectation that schools provide a graded self-evaluation using its new five-point scale has sparked warnings from heads' leaders
‘Homicidal’ Johnson considered sacking Williamson over 2020 exam results
The former prime minister gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on decisions made about schools during the crisis
‘Urgent action’ needed to combat ineffective CPD
Report warns that vast sums of money are being ‘wasted’, with almost four in 10 teachers saying CPD has not clearly improved their ability to do the job
New qualifications for students who fail English and maths GCSEs
The government also announces plans for ‘V-level’ vocational qualifications, along with a duty on schools to support students into post-16 study
Ofsted: No more ‘end-of-day surprises’ in inspections
Watchdog's national education director also tells the Schools North East summit that Ofsted is in talks with the DfE about concerns over the inspection of inclusion
Curriculum review will support change to ‘inflexible’ GCSE resits
Professor Becky Francis tells the Confederation of School Trusts conference that only 50 out of 3,000 17-year-olds who had achieved a grade 2 in GCSE maths went on to pass in the most recent round of resits
Rise in cheating and misbehaviour among Scottish exam students
There were over 200 cases of cheating or misbehaving among students sitting exams and taking national qualifications in 2024-25, up from 173 the previous year
Oliver: Heads don’t automatically lose job after poor Ofsted grades
The chief inspector, speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts conference, rejects the idea that Ofsted has not considered headteachers' wellbeing in developing its new inspections
CST questions if MAT inspections should grade trusts
The introduction of inspections for trusts should not discourage them from taking on struggling schools, argues the MAT sector body
Lack of special schools in DfE hubs ‘is an act of self-harm’
Sector leaders voice concerns that the government's first wave of behaviour and attendance hubs includes only mainstream settings