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Weekly round-up: Ofsted reform and the gender pay gap
This week’s essential education news includes an inquiry calling for Ofsted to stop inspecting schools and research showing a growing difference in pay for secondary heads
Spielman: Why we shouldn’t scrap Ofsted grades
Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says the current grading system is 'entirely in line'Â with the models used by other public sector inspectorates
Scottish education is ‘institutionally racist’, researchers are told
Racism in Scottish schools is ‘normal’, with teacher-on-teacher racism ‘the elephant in the staffroom’, says keynote speaker
Pupil exclusions soar to pre-pandemic levels
Suspension rate for disadvantaged pupils almost four times higher than non-disadvantaged peers, government data shows
Ofsted’s annual report: everything you need to know
Amanda Spielman's final report as the watchdog's chief inspector contains warnings about the legacy of Covid and the impact of staff shortages on schools
Times table check: scores rise in second year
The results from the second year of the multiplication tables check have been released, showing a slightly wider gap for pupils with EHCPs
Spielman: Covid has left ‘troublesome legacy’ for schools
A fracturing of the social contract has led to persistent absence and poorer pupil behaviour, Ofsted's 2022-23 annual report has warned
Heads ‘sick, stressed and terrified’ at the thought of Ofsted
A school leaders' union report also says 4 in 5 members lack confidence in the inspectorate
Barran urges ‘caution’ over school closures amid falling rolls
Academies minister also acknowledges that small primaries have 'tighter' finances than larger secondaries
Ofsted pushes ahead with complaints shake-up
Watchdog's director of education says the planned changes will allow complaints to get to the independent adjudicator more quickly
Autumn Statement 2023: School leaders ‘bitterly disappointed’
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out the government's spending plans in the Autumn Statement – but there is little of note for schools
SEND: Schools must take ‘fair share’ of pupils, says DfE
All schools need to be welcoming and should recognise the benefits of bringing in more pupils with SEND, says government official
‘Fragile’ school finances behind academisation drive, says DfE
Regional director says five-year high in schools looking to convert is also due to trusts making a strong case, along with concern over 'viability' of smaller schools
Gender pay gap hits 12-year high for secondary heads
Female secondary headteachers earn £3,908 less a year on average than their male counterparts, an analysis reveals
Cutting pupils’ screen time: 4 things MPs were told
Teachers need more training to support digital media literacy and reduce the impact of phones on children's education and wellbeing, MPs hear
Every secondary hit by teacher shortage, says education director
A teacher shortage in the north east of Scotland is leading to subjects being watered down or removed from the school curriculum entirely
Johnson: Williamson’s Covid plans for schools ‘probably feeble’
Former education secretary was given an 'illusion of ownership' due to lack of confidence in his ability, the Covid inquiry hears
Free schools policy has ‘lost its way’, DfE told
Charity that was previously contracted to support government free schools policy issues warning as it launches £1m innovation fund
Wales moves to shake up school holidays calendar
A five-week summer break and a two-week October holiday are proposed, but a school leaders' union says it is 'bewildered' by the plans
Reform Ofsted to inspect MATs not schools, inquiry says
Beyond Ofsted inquiry also calls for immediate pause to routine inspections to allow the watchdog to 'regain trust'
Scrap Ofsted grades to end ‘football-manager culture’, says report
An Institute for Public Policy Research report calls for MAT-level inspections, an end to inspection grades and a new DfE approach to school improvement
Autumn Statement 2023: what schools need to know
What did the 2023 Autumn Statement have in store for schools, and how did the sector respond?
MPs ‘extremely concerned’ over school building safety
The Public Accounts Committee says the DfE's failure to provide basic information on the scale of RAAC is 'shocking and disappointing'
Demand for school governors to be paid ‘can’t be ignored’
With many school governors thinking of leaving because of the pressures of the role, the NGA is launching a national debate about making it a paid position