Digging around in the undergrowth of schools reform in England Warwick Mansell's news and analysis site
Why is the private control of taxpayer-funded schools continuing, via the academies policy?
Conservative takeover of education’s public bodies continues with Birbalsingh announcement at Social Mobility Commission
Academies dominate list of schools benefiting from quick return inspections after being rated “inadequate” by Ofsted
Can an Ofsted verdict really be as robust as this inspection report implies?
Will Ofsted’s new inspection framework really lead schools to focus less on test and exam data?
Hoorah for Ofsted’s statement on accountability. And yet…
Is Ofsted really investigating shrinking pupil cohorts?
Alternative provision slipping through the regulatory net: a shocking game of bureaucratic pass-the-parcel
Snap analysis: implications of conflict-of-interest questions in Essex
NAO report offers yet more insights into the problems of academisation
Is it fair to compare pay of a multi-academy trust CEO to that of a headteacher in the maintained sector?
Snap analysis: academy governance rules and what they say about the policy as a whole
Snap analysis: the implications of our free school FOI story
Analysis: issues behind our Great Yarmouth investigation
Analysis: how many MAT CEOs are we funding compared to LA directors?
Analysis: many issues behind our Oasis Community Learning investigation
Academy versus local authority pay analysis: the background