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Government-run teacher vacancy website goes live across England

The government’s long-awaited teacher vacancy advertising service has finally gone live across England, weeks later than planned. Ministers initially...

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Rural schools struggle to break poverty-attainment link

Poor pupils in rural schools are more likely to get low GCSE scores than their disadvantaged peers in every...

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LocatED shortlists up to 20 school sites to be sold off under pilot scheme

Up to 20 school sites have been shortlisted by the government’s education property company as having surplus land that...

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Academic resigns as Ofsted adviser over ‘senior officials’ Twitter activity’

An education academic has resigned from an Ofsted advisory group in protest at the way senior officials conduct themselves...

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DfE faces legal action over ‘confusing’ guidance on isolation booths

The government is facing a potential judicial review over “confusing” guidance about the use of isolation booths in schools,...

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Top trust could lose primary academy if more schools fall to ‘inadequate’

One of the largest trusts in the country faces having one of its schools taken away if any more...

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One in 7 Ofsted teacher training reports never mention SEND, new research finds

One in seven Ofsted inspection reports of initial teacher training providers failed to make any mention of pupils with...

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Jess Staufenberg
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Suffolk school staff face job losses after funding mess-up

Schools in Suffolk face having to fire staff after their council bungled the introduction of a new “banding” system...

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Revealed: The 22 councils given permission to top up high needs funding from the schools block

The government has given its approval for nearly three-quarters more councils to shift millions of pounds of school funding...

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Jess Staufenberg