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DfE faces £263k bonus bill for staff who helped set up mass testing scheme

The Department for Education faces a bill of up to £263,000 after asking staff to work over Christmas to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Sprinklers still not mandatory for school rebuilding projects

Sprinklers are unlikely to be made mandatory in the 50 school rebuilding projects announced last week because the government’s…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Heads demand transparency over £1 billion school rebuilding programme

Leaders want transparency from ministers over how they select rebuilding projects after it emerged two schools getting a share…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Length of Ofsted’s remote inspections reduced to one day

Ofsted’s remote monitoring inspections will be reduced to one day after February half-term, it has been announced. The schools…

James Carr
James Carr
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Report 11-plus results and link them to pupil data, say campaigners and academics

Academies have backed calls from campaigners for 11-plus entry test data to be shared with government and linked to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Safeguarding failures exposed at free school where staff had ‘too many responsibilities’

Vulnerable children were put at serious risk because stretched staff had “too many responsibilities” to carry out safeguarding duties,…

James Carr
James Carr


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Online tutoring during school closures ‘feasible’, but digital divide a key barrier

Delivering online tutoring to disadvantaged pupils during partial school closures was feasible, but access to equipment presented a key…

James Carr
James Carr
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‘We don’t want these volunteers’ – heads reject catch-up proposal and demand more cash

Headteachers have rejected suggestions that volunteers could supervise extra lessons and summer schools, warning that more cash and opportunities…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£31m pledged to avoid using schools as polling stations during May elections

The government has pledged an extra £31 million in funding so councils can avoid using schools as polling sites…

James Carr
James Carr
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Covid-19: Trainees can get qualified teacher status based on progress again this year

Trainee teachers unable to complete their courses because of Covid disruption will once again be able to achieve qualified…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exam prices hike drops off but still above inflation, Ofqual price guide shows

The hike in exam prices has dropped off since Ofqual began to publish qualification costs, but the rate is…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Almost six in ten students improved GCSE grades in autumn exams

Almost 60 per cent of students who took autumn exams in GCSE subjects other than English and maths improved…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker