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This week’s education round-up includes the threat of coordinated strike action by teachers and heads, demands for an inquiry into this year’s Sats reading paper and an RSE review

More than £45,000 has now been raised to mount a judicial review against the way schools are inspected

Education secretary Gillian Keegan says she is serious about improving Ofsted inspection following a meeting with Julia Waters this week

This week’s essential education news includes reaction to the STRB’s recommended teacher pay rise, a call for Ofsted to publicly acknowledge its ‘duty of care’ to teachers and one exam board’s apology for a mistake in a GCSE paper

Children’s commissioner urges the government to ensure that children in care are attending ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools every day

Leading doctor calls for action from Ofsted and an MPs’ inquiry after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry

The watchdog’s national director for education says ‘outstanding’ schools are on ‘tenterhooks’ since the pandemic, with no idea when they will be inspected

Baroness Barran says ministers are concerned about the ‘burden’ of introducing Ofsted inspections of multi-academy trusts on top of school-level inspections

Three high-profile multi-academy-trust chief executives are understood to be in the running to replace Amanda Spielman

This week’s education news round-up includes reports of pupils crying over the difficulty of this week’s Sats reading paper, Ofqual guidance on mock GCSE exams and an investigation into the drop in the number of teachers over 50

School admissions watchdog says that, in terms of accommodating pupils with special educational needs, the impact of exceeding a school’s planned places ‘should not be the paramount concern’

This week’s round-up includes a plan for education unions to coordinate strike action, a High Court challenge against Ofsted and the DfE spending £350K on wildflower seeds