Cerys Turner

DfE appoints an expert steering group to advise how National Professional Qualifications can be reformed

Watchdog urged to be more transparent about trials of new school inspection system if it wants to rebuild trust with the profession

Sector experts offer their views on what the two recently announced reviews need to focus on to truly help teachers and leaders - both now and in the future

Headteachers’ support service warns that it is still receiving ‘traumatic’ calls from school leaders about Ofsted inspections

Having led the 31-school trust since its inception in 2011, Rob Haring will retire at the end of December

Pupil premium funding could be given to private schools that take on more disadvantaged pupils, says commission funded by the independent sector

But including pupil wellbeing in school accountability measures is ‘fraught with dangers’, headteachers’ leader warns

Chartered College of Teaching boss says the independent school sector has ‘a lot to teach the state sector’ in how to help pupils ‘flourish’

Trust leaders had raised concerns that the current wording of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill suggested academies would lose pay freedoms

‘Generic’ policy on SEND support risks exposing pupils to ‘inappropriate practice’, warns the government’s inclusion lead