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Trust rapped over CEO’s ‘wholly irregular’ £38k car payments

An academy trust breached funding rules after handing its chief executive “significant” extra benefits without board approval – including…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Williamson’s ‘irrational’ refusal to revoke academy order quashed by High Court

The education secretary’s refusal to revoke an academy order for a primary school in the West Midlands has been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Daily Covid testing a ‘safe alternative’ to isolation, but study has ‘limitations’

Daily contact testing of pupils who have been in close contact with a positive Covid case is a “safe…

James Carr
James Carr
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Treasury marks DfE’s 11,500-word homework laying out its vision

The Department for Education has published an 11,590-word “outcome delivery plan,” detailing the wide-ranging goals and performance metrics it…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Pay freeze means experienced teachers have seen pay cut by 8% since 2007 – IFS

The government’s decision to freeze pay for most teachers means experienced staff will earn 8 per cent less in…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Speed read: How the DfE plans to select schools for its rebuilding programme

The government will compare schools on their “intensity of need” when selecting settings during the rest of its school…

James Carr
James Carr


News

Academy transfers fall to four-year low during pandemic

 The government has spent £38.8 million moving academies between trusts since 2014, official figures show, but transfers fell to…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

DfE revises up 2030 pupil projections, but numbers will still shrink by over 5%

The Department for Education has revised up its pupil number predictions for 2030, but said the population will still…

James Carr
James Carr
News

London secondaries offer fewest initial teacher training placements

London secondary schools are the least likely in the country to offer at least one initial teacher training placement,…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Revealed: How £250 pay rise for lower-paid teachers will work

The government has confirmed how pay rises for the lowest-paid teachers in England will work next year. Chancellor Rishi…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE seeks public ownership of Oak as budget set to halve next term

The Department for Education wants to take Oak National Academy into public ownership, according to the group behind the…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Gibb: ‘There is a case’ for a model history curriculum

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said “there is a case” for a model history curriculum like the one recently…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth