Schools Week

15/10/2025

A prominent special school trust has been issued a notice to improve after seeking an emergency bailout - blaming 'significant delays' to government free school cash and local authority funding

12-school trust appealed for 'emergency' government boost amid deficit concerns

15/10/2025

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14/10/2025

Ofsted has dealt 'openly and transparently' with feedback on its planned reforms, its chief inspector has claimed, after the watchdog was blasted for refusing to give a breakdown of consultation responses

'We set out really clearly the negativity that we heard,' says Oliver

14/10/2025

The Association of School and College Leaders has shelved plans to ask leaders to quit as Ofsted inspectors, but has now vowed to 'explore legal action' against the reforms

ASCL won't go ahead with plan to ask leaders to step down as Ofsted inspectors - but says it has 'resolved to explore legal action' instead

14/10/2025

Government is planning reforms to school support staff pensions that would make it easier for academy trusts to transfer all workers to the same fund

The plans would simplify the process to transfer all staff to the same fund

14/10/2025

📈 'Transition isn’t just about navigating timetables and classrooms. It’s about identity'

The Year 7 dip is real – but not inevitable. Here are five steps to overcome it

14/10/2025

(Sponsored) AI could be game-changing for schools.

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14/10/2025

This week’s movers and shakers include an Olympic wrestler, a Lego collector and a former tree-logger

13/10/2025

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13/10/2025

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13/10/2025

📰 Schools news: The weekly round-up

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13/10/2025

Clarity is 'urgently needed' over how councils should select schools for children in care, with government guidance still referring to headline Ofsted grades more than a year after they were scrapped

Government guidance still refers to headline grades, despite them being scrapped over a year ago