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17 June 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

DfE sets out ‘red flags’ for parents who use out-of-school settings

New draft guidance by the Department for Education seeks to help parents identify “red flags” in the safeguarding policies of out-of-school settings. The guidance, put out for consultation today, is part of a wider clampdown by the government on non-school provision that violates safeguarding rules or seeks to promote extremism. It has been published alongside […]

Oil tycoon’s foundation among New Schools Network donors

The foundation of a controversial oil tycoon was among the donors to the New Schools Network this year, new documents show. In what appears to be a first, accounts published by the NSN this week reveal the names of two donors, the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Set up by government to […]

Exam board marking league tables delayed by monitoring concerns

Ofqual, the exams regulator, is still trying to find a way to publish data on how the quality of marking varies between exam boards, more than three years after the idea was floated. Dame Glenys Stacey (pictured below), the former chief regulator at Ofqual, announced in June 2015 that the organisation would publish metrics for […]

Bright Tribe probe 鈥榳ill be published鈥�, vows academies minister

An investigation by the Education and Skills Funding Agency into allegations of wrongdoing at the doomed Bright Tribe trust will be made public after all of the chain’s schools have moved to new sponsors, the academies minister has pledged. In an exclusive interview with Schools Week, Lord Agnew said the under-fire trust had been “too […]

Ofsted research shows 7 in 10 school leaders work in their free time every day

Seven in ten school leaders work in their free time every day, and almost two thirds of teachers think their job is not valued by society, according to new Ofsted research. The watchdog has published details of interim findings from its teacher wellbeing and workload survey, which is based on 25 school and college visits […]

Minister ‘at war’ over academy CEO pay defends Moynihan’s 拢440k salary

A minister who claims to have “declared war” on excessive executive pay in academies has ruled that the £440,000 annual salary of England’s highest-paid academy chief is “reasonable”. Lord Agnew, who is leading the Department for Education’s clampdown on largesse in academy pay, told Schools Week he had spoken to the Harris Federation about the […]

Toby Young got 拢55k payoff from New Schools Network

The New Schools Network handed its former director Toby Young a £55,000 payoff when he resigned earlier this year, according to the charity’s accounts. Documents published today show Young was paid in the £150,000 to £160,000 band in the 2017-18 financial year, much more than the usual salary of £90,000 to £100,000 for the role. […]

Teacher training targets missed in most EBacc subjects

The government has missed its own teacher training targets in most EBacc subjects this year, new data shows. Initial teacher training census data released today shows the government only met its postgraduate trainee recruitment targets in biology, English and history. The target for primary teachers was also reached, but only just. The government missed its […]