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Attendance: Isolation due to potential in-school Covid contact almost doubles

The number of pupils absent because of potential contact with a Covid case in school has almost doubled in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Disappointing’ number of primaries ‘barely out of the starting block’ on languages, Ofsted finds

Ofsted has said it was “disappointing” to see how many primary schools were “barely out of the starting block”…

James Carr
James Carr
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Autumn exam series: Boards only required to offer AS-levels in five subjects

Exam boards will only be required to offer AS-level exams in five subjects during this year’s autumn exam series,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Keep face masks in the classroom for another month, urge unions and scientists

Lifting the recommendation that face coverings be worn in secondary classrooms this month will have “consequences” for the health…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Berridge happy for en-masse conversions in faith schools academies plan

Baroness Berridge said she would not rule out the rapid growth of religious trusts, after announcing over £2 million…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth

The turning point for the teaching profession

The recommendations in this book could prove useful for small-scale improvement but the lack of a policy ‘big picture’…

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Another university technical college looks set to bite the dust

Another university technical college looks set to close just three years after opening. Sir Simon Milton Westminster UTC, named…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grades can be ‘withheld’ if schools and exam boards don’t agree, Ofqual chair warns

GCSE and A-level results may be withheld or delayed if the school and exam board cannot agree on grades,…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Ofsted: MAT summary evaluations set for ‘early 2022’ return

Ofsted summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts will “probably” resume in early 2022, the watchdog’s chief inspector has revealed. Amanda…

James Carr
James Carr
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Editor asks: Baroness Berridge, academies minister

Conservative peer Baroness Berridge was appointed academies minister in February last year, a month before Covid-19 forced  nationwide school…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Death threats and protests: The schools facing ‘trial by social media’

School leaders’ safety is being “jeopardised” as online campaigns become “trial by social media”, with police now probing death…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Academies minister questions ‘moral purpose’ of single school heads

A minister has urged high-performing standalone academies not to sit in their “splendid ‘outstanding’ isolation,” as the government launches…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger