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17 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

RSC Guide: Tim Coulson, East of England and north-east London

It’s been two years since the first regional schools commissioners and their headteacher boards were appointed. To keep you up to date, Schools Week is running four updates in which Freddie Whittaker looks at two RSC areas each week. Who’s new, who’s still there – and how they are doing on those all-important academisation rates. […]

Affluent schools more likely to improve Ofsted grade, and 3 other key findings from EPI Ofsted report

The Education Policy Institute has released a major piece of research based on Ofsted inspection outcomes and school performance and demographic data. The report, School Inspection in England: Is There Room to Improve, offers insight into how prior attainment and disadvantage of pupils can affect a school’s Ofsted grading, and raises questions about the watchdog’s effectiveness in judging […]

Schools to foot bill as councils top-slice apprenticeship levy

Schools across England are being told by councils that they must foot the bill for the government’s apprenticeship levy, regardless of whether or not they employ their own staff, a Schools Week investigation has revealed. The levy, which comes in next April, will see all employers, including councils and multi-academy trusts, in England with wage bills […]

Barton succeeds in challenge for ASCL post

School leaders face a landmark decision that will shape the future direction of their union as either a professional association or campaigning force after a headteacher won the right to challenge the leadership favourite. Head Geoff Barton (pictured left) will challenge Chris Kirk (pictured right), an education consultant, for the top job in the Association […]

High and low attainers do worst in fully selective areas, new data reveals

Pupils with low and high prior attainment are less likely to pass five GCSEs in fully selective areas, a Schools Week analysis of government data can reveal. High and low-attaining pupils had higher GCSE pass rates in areas without selection or with partial selection, calling into question the reliability of using the blunt pass rate […]

Sir Michael Barber to leave Pearson in 2017

The leading educationalist Sir Michael Barber is to step down from his role as chief education adviser to Pearson, the company has revealed. Barber, who has led Pearson’s research on education policy and advised on strategy for education in the developing world since 2011, will leave in late 2017. A former partner at McKinsey and […]

Ofsted praises council with worst results for ‘resolute’ turnaround

Ofsted has praised the “hard work” of a council for driving school improvement just one year after it received a damning inspection report and postest the lowest key stage 2 results in the country. Bradley Simmons (pictured), Ofsted’s regional director for the south west, said it was “only right” that he should publicly congratulate Poole […]

Academy trust finance warnings more than treble in a year

The number of academy trusts issued government warnings for financial mismanagement has soared by more than 250 per cent in a year, with scandals said to be plunging the education system into a “toxic environment”. Government data published earlier this week revealed 25 financial notices to improve have been issued to academy trusts this year, compared […]