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The multi-academy trust chief talks to Tes about being the first in his family not to work down a pit and his pride in helping to turn around schools in ‘meltdown’

Speaking at the Institute for School Business Leadership Conference, Baroness Barran also said ‘there are things broken beyond the money’ in the SEND system

This week’s essential education news includes an inquiry calling for Ofsted to stop inspecting schools and research showing a growing difference in pay for secondary heads

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says the current grading system is ‘entirely in line’ with the models used by other public sector inspectorates

Racism in Scottish schools is ‘normal’, with teacher-on-teacher racism ‘the elephant in the staffroom’, says keynote speaker

Suspension rate for disadvantaged pupils almost four times higher than non-disadvantaged peers, government data shows

Amanda Spielman’s final report as the watchdog’s chief inspector contains warnings about the legacy of Covid and the impact of staff shortages on schools

A fracturing of the social contract has led to persistent absence and poorer pupil behaviour, Ofsted’s 2022-23 annual report has warned

A school leaders’ union report also says 4 in 5 members lack confidence in the inspectorate

To mark Carers Rights Day today, one leader explains what her school is doing to identify young carers and give them additional support

Watchdog’s director of education says the planned changes will allow complaints to get to the independent adjudicator more quickly

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out the government’s spending plans in the Autumn Statement – but there is little of note for schools