In November, the Guardian disclosed that a new cadre of powerful school regulators called chancellors are to be appointed by Michael Gove.
A new cadre of powerful school regulators called chancellors are to be appointed by Michael Gove in an attempt to oversee the burgeoning number of free schools and academies, with the power to seize control of failing schools.
Before the school can open, charter school regulators at the State University of New York, the Education Department and the Board of Regents must once again hastily review Edison's proposed academic program, in even less time than they did last year.
Platt's super inspectorate will cede regulatory powers over childrens' services to schools regulator Ofsted.
Businessman David Hoare has been selected as the new chairman of schools regulator Ofsted, finally ending a furious Coalition row over the appointment.
The heads of England's two most powerful education bodies, the exam regulator Ofqual and the schools regulator Ofsted, have clashed over reshaping the summer exam timetable to accommodate Islam's holy month of Ramadan.
The education secretary, Michael Gove, has welcomed an overhaul to the way schools in England are inspected, calling it "a reflection of success" – and signalling a thawing of strained relations between the Department for Education and Ofsted, the schools regulator.
The DfE, Ofqual and the schools regulator, Ofsted, needed to nudge schools to allow teachers to act as exam markers, because of the valuable skills it encouraged, Dawe said.
The leak comes at an acutely sensitive time for the schools regulator, who risked a further disagreement with the department – now run by Nicky Morgan – because of an about-turn over universal no-notice inspections.
Releasing a "dossier" on Gove, the Lib Dems claimed they stopped him allowing free schools from becoming profit-making, bringing back the old GCE O-levels, making cuts to nursery buildings, rewriting history and axing climate change from the national curriculum, and politicising Ofsted, the schools regulator.
