Absence fines level out after post-Covid surge Unions argue new 拢80 penalties are not ‘much of a deterrent’ amid fresh calls for limits on travel firm school holiday price rises
Schools with good governance ‘better prepared for Ofsted’ Those with effective boards ‘more likely to sustain improvement beyond the inspection cycle’, report finds
Community health hubs could use empty classrooms LocatED chief ‘seriously worried’ closures due to demographic shifts could undo the work of the free schools programme
New AI platform aims to make sense of 鈥榤yriad of data鈥� Open Education AI formally launches as a ‘sector-led non-profit’ and seeks to help schools bring together data from multiple apps and tools
Trusts鈥� finances improve, but leaders brace for more rainy days Some chains boost reserves by up to 900%, but others remain in deficit as leaders warn of tough times ahead
Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were 鈥榖roken鈥�. But in a fight against low aspirations, the CEO has added successful schools and continues to battle for them as budgets remain squeezed
RISE consultation pushed back to this term Government to begin ‘informal engagement’ over schools with low attainment
Suspensions tumble as trust embraces 鈥榚motional intelligence鈥櫬� Influential turnaround trust criticised for high suspensions bidding to cut exclusions and ‘keep children in school’
DfE wants to scrape real-time MIS data from schools Department calls for tech companies to take part in trials to feed it data to inform policy