Worth pointing out that the drop in English and maths we write about here is for 16-year-olds - so it's not driven by resits (although as my colleagues at FE Week report resit pass rates do remain below pre-pandemic levels and are falling in English) feweek.co.uk/gcse-resits-20…

Great to catch up this morning with top journalist ⁦Freddie Whittaker⁩ Schools Week. As he’s a huge music fan, I knew he’d be delighted to see my ⁦ASCL⁩ leaving gift - a framed copy of 7 years of my CD mixes. Suddenly, it seemed, Freddie needed to rush for his train.

Breaking: The 12-member panel appointed to review the curriculum and assessment for the new Labour government has been named Here's the full list... schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-12-me…

Perfectly normal timetable for TfL to run in an area where people are very reliant on buses

actually good, sorry everyone. no more throwing away lithium batteries 9 times a week

🗑️ Breaking: The government has scrapped single-phrase headline Ofsted grades for schools 'with immediate effect', ahead of a switch to new report cards next September buff.ly/3MA4knb

Headline Ofsted grades have been immediately scrapped by the new government, and new report cards are coming next year Here's your trusty Schools Week explainer of everything we know so far buff.ly/3Z7hjo8

Big breaking news tonight: Headline Ofsted grades for schools are scrapped with immediate effect, Bridget Phillipson announces Schools inspected this academic year will still get grades for the four sub-judgments until new report cards come in next September

Here's what you need to know... ❌ Overall effectiveness grade scrapped from today 4⃣ Schools will still be rated on four sub-judgments this academic year 📋 Intervention in worst-performing schools will continue 📜 New report cards from Sept 2025 schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-headlin…

It's official, I have too much information about schools

Seriously how hard would it have been to have found some more great ITP, college and adult ed nominees from the Ofsted database for these groups. The behaviour and attendance group has NO ONE from FE and skills

What I ordered vs what I got. The one on the right is stretched at the neck and stinks like it's been worn. Uber One presents All Points East provides the quintessential concert experience. Shame, as the gig itself was life-affirming

Huge investigation from Jack Dyson here revealing how some grammar schools' own parent and teacher associations are selling their own mock 11-plus tests, raking in thousands

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night to celebrate Schools Week's 10th birthday - great to catch up with so many brilliant people, and apologies to those I didn't get a chance to see. What a night!

Pleasure to join others from across the education sector to recognise achievements and celebrate the 10th birthday of Schools Week. Here’s to the next 10 years!