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Ofsted feels unsupported in its efforts to tackle inequalities in the education system, a senior official from the watchdog has told MPs. Luke Tryl, director of corporate strategy at Ofsted, told the parliamentary women and equalities committee this morning of gaps in support from both the government and Equality and Human Rights Commission. The former […]

A new panel set up to assess and quality-mark education apps for young children includes no serving teachers. The Department for Education has named eight academics, consultants, tech company officials and charity workers who will form a panel on early years, language, literacy and communication apps. The panel will produce “tips and guidance” for parents on […]

A shake-up to the way performances are marked in music and dance GCSEs and A-levels has been announced by Ofqual. The exams regulator said today that it will proceed with planned changes to allow exam boards to determine how to mark a performance when it falls short of the minimum required length and broaden the […]

The New Schools Network has hired Luke Tryl, an Ofsted director and former adviser to Nicky Morgan, as its new director, Schools Week can reveal. The charity, set up by government to promote and support free schools, has been without a permanent boss since March, when Toby Young resigned over numerous offensive comments he had […]

Unions representing the “overwhelming majority” of teachers and school leaders have demanded a five per cent pay rise for their members, fully-funded by the government. In a joint statement to the School Teachers Review Body, which makes recommendations to the government on teacher pay, the Association of School and College Leaders, National Association of Head […]

Eleven academies have been selected to lead trials of the government’s new curriculum fund programme. The schools, most of which are in London and the south east of England, will split £2.4 million of funding this year to find the best ways to reduce teacher workload and improve results. No local authority-maintained schools were selected. Each […]

The Department for Education has spent £111 million to refurbish new offices it has no plans to move into. Schools Week revealed in 2017 that the department’s planned move to the Old Admiralty Buildings in Whitehall, from its current base in Sanctuary Buildings, had been shelved indefinitely. The move, first proposed in 2014, was to […]