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Revealed: The 19 areas splitting 拢2.5m in careers hubs funding

The government has announced the names of 19 areas that will join its careers hubs programme, but they will split just half the amount of money handed out in the first round. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, said today that £2.5 million will go to 19 local enterprise partnerships across England. Between them they will […]

Study finds research leads have little impact on pupil progress

Appointing research leads in schools to aid evidence-informed school improvement had almost no effect on pupil progress, a new study found. The Research leads Improving Students’ Education (RISE) project, run by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and Huntington School in York, aimed to test whether supporting teachers to use research evidence boosted pupils’ grades. In […]

Inspectors will talk to teachers, not look at spreadsheets

Worried about the new inspection framework? Amanda Spielman seeks to allay concerns over “a couple of things” that she knows are worrying some people This week marked an important milestone for me personally, for Ofsted, and I hope, in time, for school leaders and teachers. On Tuesday we published the new Education Inspection Framework and […]

NGA campaign calls on teachers to become governors of other schools

Teachers and leaders should become governors of other schools to enrich their professional development, the National Governance Association has said. A campaign by the NGA and Inspiring Governance seeks to encourage education professionals to join the governing boards of other schools or academy trusts. Governing boards need to make sure they have the right people […]

Deep dives: Will Ofsted’s plan to check up on the curriculum really work?

Ofsted has finally revealed more about how it will rate the quality of education in schools across England under its new inspection framework. Tom Richmond looks below the surface at whether it will work. ‘Top-level view’, ‘Deep dive’, ‘Bringing it together’ – no, this is not a collection of cheesy management jargon from the corporate […]

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 […]