Cerys Turner

Sir Ian told MPs that he will stand down from his role as chair of Oak National Academy ‘when practical to do so' if he is appointed as Ofqual chief regulator

More ‘good' and ‘outstanding' schools have formally tested pupils for Sats this term than in previous years, findings suggest

Teacher Tapp poll also finds that 4 in 10 teachers do not think inspectors can accurately assess a school, no matter how long an inspection lasts

Poor pupil behaviour is affecting the wellbeing of most teachers and school leaders, DfE research shows

Watchdog to visit volunteer schools to trial its new inspection approach before launching a formal consultation on its plans for new report cards

Expert observers assessing the same lesson can produce different ratings on teacher quality, new research warns

Primary school is taking legal advice in an attempt to stop the DfE pushing ahead with its forced academisation under a policy that the government is dropping in the new year

Mary Bousted and Anne Longfield become Labour peers, while free speech campaigner and free-school founder Toby Young is made a peer by the Conservatives

Families are taking the government to the High Court over 20 per cent tax on private school fees, after the body representing independent schools also put in a legal claim

Watchdog's school inspection trials are set to run for several weeks in volunteer schools but the findings will not be published