Radical plans for ministers to scrape real-time data from schools to shape policy moves are in danger of being “screwed up” ...

A former academy trust boss has been appointed to run a major Abu Dhabi-owned private special school company. Julian Drinkall ...

The Conservatives’ wraparound childcare programme underspent by almost a fifth, with affordability challenges and a lack of ...

With those words, Ofsted’s chief inspector Martyn Oliver summed up an ambition that few in education would disagree with. As ...

The test was designed to measure the school. Somewhere along the way, we started using it to measure the child ...

Mayors will be handed control of sixth form funding in a radical break from England’s Whitehall-run post-16 education system.

Labour’s flagship RISE school improvement drive has been criticised by some leaders for its “rushed” deadlines and for overwhelming small primaries. The second government-backed evaluation of the ...

A seven-figure cash pot used to help schools switch between academy trusts has shrunk to a 12-year low. Government figures, published this morning, showed just over £1 million was paid out through the ...

The names and contact details of school leaders are among more than half a million records stolen by hackers in a cyber attack on the Department for Education. The Times has reported that names, job ...

Education secretary Lucy Powell has said she will “take forward” changes to the curriculum and exams, claiming current GCSEs are “a lot of pressure” for pupils. In her first interview since becoming ...

A new “similar schools” model to be used by Ofsted from September won’t consider a setting’s geographic location, leading to concerns it won’t adequately consider context. Ofsted has said the model ...

Ofsted will “change the way they measure and inspect schools” to ensure inspectors “recognise the quality of technical ...