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Around 50 per cent of pupils who left school before taking their GCSEs last year did not end up in another state school, prompting warnings about schools deliberately “off-rolling” problem children. New Ofsted analysis of school census data shows that more than 19,000 pupils who were in year 10 in 2016 did not progress to year […]

The proportion of schools recorded as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ has dropped by two percentage points after missing data for 702 schools was added to Ofsted’s statistics. Once their data is added to the watchdog’s datasets, 86 per cent of schools are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, down from 88 per cent. Most of the missing […]

Leading figures from Ofsted, the Department for Education and trades union movement were questioned by MPs about the quality of school inspection in England. The parliamentary public accounts committee, which oversees government spending, called a hearing to discuss the findings of a recent National Audit Office report into Ofsted’s activities. Witnesses included Amanda Spielman, the […]

The London art teacher who won this year’s global teacher prize will use her winnings to found a charity linking artists with schools. Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, won $1 million when she was crowned the best teacher in the world earlier this year. During a rousing keynote speech to […]

A popular BTEC course sat by thousands of pupils every year is yet to have its new content approved for teaching from this September, leaving schools in turmoil across England. The Department for Education has still not said whether the new Pearson BTEC level one/two first award in business will count in school performance tables […]

Ofsted will not scrap its current grading system for schools, following “persuasive” lobbying from headteachers. The future of the four grades – ‘outstanding’, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’ and ‘inadequate’ – has been the subject of intense speculation since chief inspector Amanda Spielman expressed her disquiet about the impact of the ‘outstanding’ rating on schools in 2016. […]

Not all teachers are professional, and it is up to heads to identify those who don’t do their best, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said. The former chief inspector of schools returned to the stage today at the Festival of Education for a grilling from the television personality Piers Morgan. Here’s what we learned. 1. Not […]

The government should pass a law to ban mobile phones from all schools in England, the former chief inspector of schools has said. Sir Michael Wilshaw told the Festival of Education at Wellington College today that ministers should follow the lead of the French government and ban the devices altogether during the school day. From […]