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Another studio school considers closure over poor recruitment

Leaders of a studio school in Liverpool are “strongly considering” closing their institution next year, after poor recruitment affected...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil destinations will trump Progress 8 as headline measure for UTCs

The Department for Education is changing the way it judges the success of university technical colleges and studio schools,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Allow UTCs and studio schools to select pupils, argues Toby Young

University technical colleges and studio schools should be allowed to select pupils on the basis of aptitude, a controversial...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE spent more than £23m on failed studio schools

The government has spent more than £23 million on studio schools that have either closed or never opened but...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Studio schools to work more closely with MATs

The controversial studio schools programme has announced a dramatic shift in focus after the tally of those closed or...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Government doubles cash for letters promoting UTCs and studio schools

The Department for Education has more than doubled what it pays councils to write letters promoting University Technical Colleges...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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UTCs excluded from EBacc target, but not league tables

University technical colleges and studio schools have been excluded from the government’s EBacc entry target, but the measure will still...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupils to book lessons via app at new studio school

An unconventional 14 to 19 school with an eight-hour day, no homework and a system that allows pupils to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker