Weekly round-up: Ofsted change and GCSE warning

Catch up on your must-read Tes news and analysis from the past week right here:

• Ofsted scraps ungraded inspection deep dives
  Ofsted inspectors will stop conducting subject deep dives during ungraded inspections from September, the watchdog’s chief inspector has announced.
• GCSEs: Concern over Year 11 absence as exams loom
  As GCSE exams approach, more than one in four senior leaders say they are more concerned about high absence among Year 11 students than last year, a poll shared exclusively with Tes reveals.
• Ofsted: Inspectors less likely to give lowest grade twice
  Ofsted inspectors are less likely to judge a primary school as “inadequate” if, in its previous inspection, that school received the lowest grade, research suggests.
• 2024 exams: Ofqual issues warning over cheating
  Ofqual has warned of the risk of disqualification for students who take phones into this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams and those who search for leaked exam papers online.
• Four behaviour insights school leaders should know about
  With new government research revealing emerging behaviour trends in schools, safeguarding lead Luke Ramsden picks out the key points.
• Revealed: Where 16 new special free schools will open
  The location of 16 planned special free schools, and the academy trusts chosen to run seven others already in the pipeline, have been announced by the Department for Education.
• DfE investigates why some schools are not inclusive
  The government is looking into reports that some “outstanding”-rated schools don’t have any pupils with education, health and care plans.
• The Salamanca Statement: will SEND support ever meet its goals?
  Thirty years on from the Salamanca Statement, it’s clear policymaking is not working for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities - but a future government could fix that, says Rob Webster.
• Teachers need a reservoir of skills - not just a repertoire
  The teacher recruitment and retention crises show that the system requires far-reaching reform, argue two members of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.
• Oak National Academy: Matt Hood appointed CEO
  Oak National Academy has appointed Matt Hood as its first permanent chief executive, more than a year after the quango was launched by government.

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