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17 June 2026

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Philip Nye

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Wilshaw: School was right to send 150 pupils home over uniform breaches

A school that sent home more than 150 pupils in one day for breaches of its uniform policy has been ...

Philip Nye

18 Nov 2014
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Tower Hamlets head ‘surprised’ ahead of Ofsted findings on safeguarding

The headteacher of a Church of England school expected to enter special measures for inadequately ...

Philip Nye

20 Nov 2014
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Interventions in failing schools cost £382m a year – and ‘make little difference’, says public spending watchdog

More than half of underperforming maintained schools did not improve after ‘formal intervention’, such as ...

Philip Nye

30 Oct 2014
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DfE calls for evidence as it prepares to draw up new teaching assistant standards

A call for evidence has been launched today by the Department for Education (DfE) to support the ...

Philip Nye

28 Oct 2014
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Questions raised over Ofsted quality after cut-and-paste sacking

Ofsted’s quality assurance leaves schools unable to know whether the inspection team that “walks through ...

Philip Nye

27 Oct 2014
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New investigation into Ofsted ‘tipping-off’ claims at Norfolk schools

Ofsted has today announced that a new investigation will be carried out into allegations that three ...

Philip Nye

24 Oct 2014
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Tougher GCSE rules lead to drop in results

The headline GCSE pass rate has fallen by almost five percentage points this year, new figures from the ...

Philip Nye

23 Oct 2014
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Ofsted busts ‘myths’ on book-marking and lesson plans

Use the red pen as much or as little as you like. That seems to be the message from guidance that Ofsted ...

Philip Nye

17 Oct 2014
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Wilshaw: leaked memo from Gove aide comes as no surprise

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has hit back at claims former Education Secretary Michael Gove considered ...

Philip Nye

10 Oct 2014
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Review panel set to consider status of teaching assistant role

New standards on the status of teaching assistants are to be drawn up by a review panel, the Department ...

Philip Nye

3 Oct 2014