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24 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

New Ofsted inspection framework: What schools need to know

Ofsted has published the finalised version of its new inspection framework, which will govern all school visits from this September. The watchdog’s leaders have made a number of changes to the framework since the draft was published earlier this year, in response to a consultation to which more than 15,000 people and organisations responded. Here […]

DfE will issue further guidance on right to withdraw from sex education

The Department for Education will issue further guidance on how heads should handle requests to withdraw pupils from sex education, a senior adviser to the government has said. Ministers have come under increasing pressure to clarify the “exceptional circumstances” in which headteachers can refuse to allow pupils to be withdrawn from the lessons. Under the […]

DfE pledges recruitment process for behaviour network team

The Department for Education insists it will launch a recruitment process for its new “behaviour network” experts, after the project’s lead adviser was appointed without competition. It was announced on Saturday that Tom Bennett, who led the DfE’s independent review of behaviour in schools, will head a £10 million project to share best behaviour practice […]

Ofsted scraps plan for inspectors to arrive with 2.5 hours notice

Plans to have Ofsted inspectors arrive at schools within two-and-a-half hours of heads being notified of an inspection have been scrapped. The watchdog announced today it will not proceed with plans to have lead inspectors conduct “on-site preparation” on the day before inspections, after three quarters of respondents to a consultation rejected the move. But […]

Timpson review: Questions over councils’ role in oversight of pupil movement

The government will consider giving councils a key role in tracking pupils who move out of schools – sparking warnings they could “get in the way” of turnaround academy heads. The Timpson review calls for a “clear role” for councils in reviewing data on pupil movement, including the power to “take action” to ensure children […]

I want ‘broad range’ of schools for new network, says DfE behaviour tsar Bennett

Schools that demonstrate “consistency” in behaviour management are being sought for a new £10 million government project – and there is no preferred strategy, the government’s behaviour tsar has said. The government appointed Tom Bennett (pictured) last week to lead the three-year project to support up to 500 schools across England in developing better behaviour […]

DfE response on AP ‘disingenuous’, says Timpson review adviser

The government is “disingenuous” to claim it has accepted all of Edward Timpson’s recommendations on exclusions, claims an adviser to the review. Timpson called for the Department for Education to establish a practice improvement fund “of sufficient value, longevity and reach” to identify children in need of support and deliver “good interventions for them”. The […]

Timpson review: School accountability drive ‘could increase exclusions’

Damian Hinds had promised to “work with the sector” to ensure proposals for schools to be accountable for the pupils they exclude are workable – after policy experts warned of “unintended consequences”. In its response to the long-awaited Timpson review into exclusions, the Department for Education has pledged to implement a recommendation tying the results […]

31 trusts fail to justify pay – but DfE admits it’s powerless to act

Thirty-one academy trusts have failed to justify their levels of executive pay to the government, the Department for Education has said. But officials today admitted they cannot take any enforcement action against chains which ignore their most recent warning, leaving the department having to just write letters until they justify pay or change their ways. […]