Press releases

Ofsted safeguarding risk

Date: 18/01/2024

Ofsted poses a safeguarding risk to teachers and students, according to NEU poll.

Ofsted

Education unions respond to workload taskforce recommendations

Date: 15/01/2024

This update is only a very small part of the work needed to see the reductions in workload we all aspire to.

Workload

Labour’s child health action plan

Date: 10/01/2024

Schools should be able to deliver these programmes free from the worry of budget constraints and increases to staff workload.

Labour plans to tackle school absence

Date: 08/01/2024

Educators are looking to politicians to match their policies to the scale of the problems.

School attendance proposals fail to address real issues

Date: 08/01/2024

Sir Martyn Oliver on Ofsted inspections

Date: 02/01/2024

This announcement signals that the Chief Inspector recognises that it is now time for Ofsted to listen to the voice of educators and their unions.

Ofsted

Shelter on child homelessness

Date: 22/12/2023

Children living in precarious or temporary accommodation face challenges on a day-to-day basis and it certainly impacts on a child’s education and learning.

Child poverty

STRB remit letter

Date: 21/12/2023

The Government has once again shown its contempt for the profession. Not only is the remit letter late, but it is also completely inadequate.

Ruth Perry – coroner’s report

Date: 20/12/2023

Until the changes identified are made, Ofsted must pause its inspections of schools.

Ofsted

Government’s draft schools and college guidance on trans and non-binary students

Date: 19/12/2023

It is important to underline that schools do not need to change their current policies at this stage.

EPI On education disadvantage gap

Date: 18/12/2023

Reducing child poverty must be at the centre of any credible plan to deliver good educational and life outcomes for more young people.

Child poverty

Lords Committee call for EBacc to be scrapped

Date: 12/12/2023

The current curriculum is not fit for the challenges and realities of our times.

Curriculum