Schools with a confirmed case of RAAC will be eligible for inspections this summer term but can postpone them if they wish, Ofsted has announced
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‘If we in the early years can work together to foster emotional resilience then children can transition to Reception with the tools required to succeed,’ explains Gemma Kirby
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🚨New: No end in sight for the RAAC crisis as Ofsted says that it won't be carrying out mandatory inspections of schools affected by the crumbly concrete for the rest of the academic year.

RAAC schools can continue to defer inspections if they wish:

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A call for evidence for the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance hints at how it may change in the future, as Luke Ramsden outlines
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A quarter of teachers said pupil misbehaviour led to more than 10 minutes of teaching time being lost per 30 minutes of lessons in the week before answering a DfE survey on behaviour
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‘We started offering T levels as we wanted to ensure there was a good breadth of options for students beyond traditional academic routes’: why more schools and trusts are looking at T levels, and the barriers that remain to wider uptake
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Despite having doubts about the accuracy of the marking for GCSEs, most heads and teachers think that the qualification is trusted, an Ofqual survey shows
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This is much needed, but it is extremely complex and will need very careful implementational planning in order secure an equitable system that provides both certainty and sufficiency, whilst avoiding a multitude of possible unintended consequences. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Interesting to see John Lewis in the news for sharing questions ahead of job interviews - it's something a school leader wrote for Tes about in 2022 to explain why they do it and the benefits it offers candidates and schools tes.com/magazine/leade…

Exclusive: Net Capacity Assessment pilot found ‘discrepancies’ in school capacity numbers provided by local authorities and those found by government property assessors
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Schools with RAAC can choose to have their inspections deferred for the rest of the academic year, says Ofsted
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My Tes magazine piece on our Nuffield Foundation report on pandemic's educational legacy. We advocate low-cost equalising policies, from fairer Ofsted inspections, an enrichment guarantee for pupils, pupil wellbeing measures, undergrad tutors to tutor & clarifying teacher hours.

🧵 Ofsted is in the news, so a quick summary of an article I wrote a while back for Tes on why I—from personal experience—am dubious about its reports.

My child's nursery was deemed to be requiring improvement. Usually that's the end of it. 1/6

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Strong statement from Pepe Di’Iasio in his first column for Tes - great to have him analysing the system for the sector in our pages.

New: School inspection in Scotland is to undergo a 'bold' and 'ambitious' review.

Interim chief inspector Janie McManus has spoken exclusively to Tes Scotland about her plans, which she is notifying education directors of today.

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Great piece here from Dan Worth on why more schools are turning to T-levels to broaden their curriculum offer. But the overall numbers are still small - Dan finds out why.

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A DfE director has said that the govt could take the “radical step” of replacing the system of place funding for special schools

And admitted that it was “odd” for the £10K rate to have remained the same for more than a decade

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Trust capacity funding’s aimed at helping multi-academy trusts to support schools - particularly “underperforming” ones in priority areas - to join them.

Is the money being directed in the right way?

Brilliant investigating by ⁦Jasmine Norden⁩ tes.com/magazine/news/…

Great to see John Roberts on stage at yesterday's #NNoSSConference24

🔎How is the DfE's Trust Capacity Fund allocated?

Having a good Ofsted grade and higher disadvantage levels appears to boost schools' chances, Jasmine Norden reveals in Tes' latest MAT tracker investigation.

Further analysis below 👇

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