Charlotte Santry

Shadow education secretary talks to Tes about the ‘pushback’ facing heads on exclusions, how schools are ‘lagging’ on phone bans and why RISE plans are ‘reckless’

The Department for Education says it is monitoring the first batch of schools going through its new RISE school improvement system, and it will be able to evidence signs of progress by Christmas

But Sir Martyn Oliver stops short of agreeing that inspectors should fail a school on safeguarding if students are seen with phones, in letter seen by Tes

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver says headteachers need to 'think carefully' about their approach to phones in school under the new inspection framework, in a letter seen by Tes

School leaders call for targeted action from the government amid fears that girls are being overlooked in the drive to improve white working-class pupils' educational outcomes.

The House of Lords has voted to water down government plans to give local authorities new powers over academy pupil admission numbers.

Speaking to Tes ahead of the publication of SEND reform plans, government inclusion adviser Tom Rees says that tackling the special educational needs crisis would be easier if all schools were in strong trusts.

Trust says it is in ‘advanced discussions’ with the DfE about absorbing six schools from a MAT in Cumbria, which would make it one of the top 25 biggest trusts

Education leaders call for more support for Sendcos as the role becomes increasingly demanding

Education leaders call for more support for Sendcos as the role becomes increasingly demanding