➡️EXCLUSIVE: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson talks exclusively to Tes about: * her plans for education * behaviour in schools * SEND * the role of trusts ... and how accountability is going to get better, but not necessarily easier... | free to read tes.com/magazine/analy…

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson tells Jon Severs that changes to Ofsted will not result in an easier system. Must read interview on Labour government’s plans for schools. tes.com/magazine/analy…

Ofsted’s Matthew Purves has been chosen to lead the new Ofsted Academy. This exclusive interview with Cerys Turner outlines how this new body within the watchdog will be central to its reforms.

I’m attending a very well-timed Westminster Forum Projects on the future for school inspections in England. The panel includes former Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw and former Minister of State for Schools Lord Jim Knight 🧵

So much insight both political and personal in this Tes interview with Bridget Phillipson on her plans as education secretary. Must read for anyone in or interested in schools. tes.com/magazine/analy…

“I don’t think I behave differently being sat here to how I would behave if I was at a gig in Sunderland,” says Bridget Phillipson as we sat down for an exclusive 121 this week. ICYMI her view on everything from behaviour and offrolling to SEND and trusts⬇️ tes.com/magazine/analy…

There are “serious dangers” in “assuming schools are back to normal” after the Covid pandemic, Tim Oates has warned in a new report for ASCL . tes.com/magazine/news/…

More than a third of teachers and school leaders think student behaviour will be worse this year, according to a poll published today. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Thank you ⁦Jon Severs⁩ ⁦Tes you give space to highlight that despite immense challenges black leaders can be successful. How I lead interview: Evelyn Forde on school leadership tes.com/magazine/leade…

"Until everybody gets a little bit uncomfortable and leans into this, then we will forever be where we are.” Evelyn Forde MBE on the barriers to progression for non-white teachers. tes.com/magazine/news/…

More detailed findings on KS2 Sats have been published by the DfE: - The disadvantage gap is narrowing, but is still wider than pre-Covid - Attainment for pupils with SEND has risen again slightly - Girls continue to perform better overall than boys tes.com/magazine/news/…

The next chair of the Commons Education Select Committee will be voted on tomorrow. Here are the three Labour MPs in the running. Tes story by tilda martin tes.com/magazine/news/…

"[With attendance] it's safest to assume there is a problem that needs solving and it's more likely to be SEND, mental health or bullying." World-renowned mental health expert Professor Tamsin Ford on how to tackle the attendance crisis - a must read⬇️ tes.com/magazine/teach…

Exclusive: what was recommended in the Bell early years review? Sir David Bell, in an unpublished report commissioned by Labour pre-election, called for an increase to the EY pupil premium & a new qualified teaching status for EY staff More below👇 tes.com/magazine/news/…

📣Exclusive by Cerys Turner: the findings of the unpublished Sir David Bell review into early years, commissioned by Labour in opposition. Recommendations inc: 💥higher EY pupil premium 💥capital funding for primaries 💥 EY strategy in Lab’s 1st year tes.com/magazine/news/…

The Education Skills and Funding Agency is to be closed next year with its work being integrated into the Department for Education. tes.com/magazine/news/…

What is happening to the ESFA? -DfE says ESFA will close on 31/03/25 -Functions to be integrated into DfE, with move to support launch of Regional Improvement Teams BUT Pepe Di’Iasio warns “shifting deckchairs” will not solve “totally inadequate” funding tes.com/magazine/news/…

We'll be closing our SEND Survey on Friday....that's just two days away. If you're an educator who works with SEND students, we would love to hear your thoughts on funding, training & much more. Take 5mins to complete the survey, here: surveymonkey.com/r/VFMDDB8 #education #SEND

Increasing the early years pupil premium and a new qualified teaching status for the early years are recommended in a Labour-commissioned review tes.com/magazine/news/… Exclusive by Cerys Turner