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16 May 2026

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Lucas Cumiskey

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Ofsted boss promises report cards will be ‘sensible middle ground’ 

Ofsted's national director also signals move back to 'looking more at statutory outcomes'

Lucas Cumiskey

20 Nov 2024 | Ofsted
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OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down after seven years at the helm

Duffy will take on 'new non-executive positions' as she 'steps back from full-time executive leadership'

Lucas Cumiskey

19 Nov 2024 | Movers and Shakers
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Are school teachers really ‘enslaved’? Here’s what the data says

Labour's school tsar has warned of a 'shadow compliance culture'. But what do things look like on the ground?

Lucas Cumiskey

15 Nov 2024
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Government to review teacher development delivery

Sheffield Hallam University appointed to review and develop a 'theory of change'

Lucas Cumiskey

15 Nov 2024 | Teacher training and development
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Ofsted in talks with DfE about delaying ITT inspections

Providers due to be inspected from January are still waiting for guidance over how new reforms will be judged

Lucas Cumiskey

16 Nov 2024 | Ofsted
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‘Excessive’ 20 hours mentor training requirement scrapped

The government will also launch a new re-accreditation round for initial teacher training providers in spring

Lucas Cumiskey

13 Nov 2024 | Teacher training and development
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MAT CEOs ‘making inspections more adversarial’, Ofsted boss says

Ofsted chief makes plea to sector to stop inspections ‘running hot and bring the temperature down’

Lucas Cumiskey

8 Nov 2024 | Ofsted
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United Learning to launch charity to run community hubs

But country's largest trust stresses the initiative won't 'take resource from teaching and learning'

Lucas Cumiskey

25 Oct 2024
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Investigation: Disadvantaged school leaders’ uphill battle

Calls for a review of disadvantage measures and support after analysis reveals full scale of challenge for ...

Lucas Cumiskey

25 Oct 2024
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Proportion of poorer school pupils going on to university falls

Fall in the 'progression rate' of pupils eligible for free school meals is first since current records ...

Lucas Cumiskey

24 Oct 2024 | School food