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South West Regional Director leaves

Hannah Woodhouse, the Department for Education’s regional director for the south west, will leave the role early next year after almost seven years ...

5th Dec 2023

Minimum Service Levels in schools consultation

The government has launched a consultation to introduce new protections for children and young people’s education during any future strike action....

4th Dec 2023

Reports on the work of Ofsted

Two reports about Ofsted inspections have been published. The first is the report from Amanda Spielman, her last as Ofsted Chief Inspector. The report...

1st Dec 2023

Better Governor Webinar – School Performance Data

The Better Governor webinar series is running throughout the 2023/24 academic year and will remain free to all. The latest webinar, led by Better Gove...

30th Nov 2023

Reasons for rise in academisation?

The Department for Education’s South West regional director Hannah Woodhouse spoke recently at the Westminster Education Forum’s “Next steps f...

29th Nov 2023

No additional funding for schools in the Autumn statement

No further school revenue or capital funding was included in this week’s autumn statement. The statement was met with disappointment from many in th...

28th Nov 2023

NGA Report on governance workload

The National Governance Association (NGA) has published ‘Taking stock of governance workload’ ensuring that school and trust governance is sustain...

27th Nov 2023

Portrait of the King

Schools, childcare, further education colleges and other education settings in England can apply for a free framed portrait of King Charles III to cel...

24th Nov 2023

Nick Gibb resigns

Following the recent cabinet reshuffle, Nick Gibb, Schools Minister has resigned. He had been a long standing minister with the Education Department a...

23rd Nov 2023

Teacher wellbeing survey reveals record levels of stress

The charity, Education Support, has released its seventh Teacher Wellbeing Index, which received responses from more than 3,000 staff in school and ot...

22nd Nov 2023

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