Bridget Phillipson had to ask headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh to “lower her tone” and “allow her to finish her sentences”, ...

Stuck schools, called “coasting” by Conservative governments and, confusingly, “struggling” by Labour last year, are those ...

The country’s biggest academy trusts now extract £200 million from their schools’ budgets to fund growing central teams.

The holiday activities and food programme will continue from April, ministers have confirmed, but funding beyond the next ...

As the political row plays out, some Labour MPs have criticised academies. At the beginning of last month, Congleton MP Sarah ...

Interventions aimed at boosting pupils’ understanding of mental health led to longer-term “increased emotional difficulties” ...

Pupils who frequently miss class or are suspended during primary school should be assessed for special educational needs, a ...

Education Mutual, run by Nick Hurn, the chief executive of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust (BWCT), offers staff ...

Teachers and leaders have roundly criticised new Ofsted report cards – but parents are much more supportive of the proposed ...

School leaders have lambasted new Ofsted inspection toolkits as “cobbled together” and “a nonsense”. Under plans for new ...

With a new Ofsted grading system to process, a new inspection framework launching later this year, and potentially a new ...

Academy trusts could be on the verge of going bust, a major report has warned, with even the biggest MATs taking a financial ...