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Exams and accountability in 2021: The proposals in full

The government has finally announced today its plans for next year’s exams, when Ofsted will resume and other outstanding…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Exams 2021: Contingency plans revealed as ministers attempt to avoid another fiasco

The government will ensure grades for next year’s exams are as generous as those awarded this summer, under a…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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League tables scrapped and primary tests scaled back – but year 6 SATs will go ahead

League tables will be scrapped for another year and primary assessment scaled back as part of a raft of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers told to ‘come clean’ on regional Covid data

Ministers have been ordered to “come clean” and reveal the regional disparity in pupil attendance Covid is causing across…

James Carr
James Carr
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8 key findings from the NAO’s free meals national voucher scheme investigation

The National Audit Office has today published its investigation into the Department for Education’s national free school meal voucher…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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‘Too many parents had to wait too long’: NAO probe exposes free meal voucher failures

Parents were left waiting “too long” for financial support under the government’s national free school meal voucher scheme, according…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Institute for Effective Education to close after struggle to secure funding

A research charity will close at the end of this week after finding it “impossible” to secure further funding…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Schools told they will be ‘on call’ until Christmas eve for track and trace

Schools will “effectively be on call” until Christmas eve to help with coronavirus contact tracing, a council has warned…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Covid: Pupil absence stabilises after recent fall, but disruption still ‘significant’

The drop in pupil attendance has seemingly plateaued, but around one in 10 pupils still remain absent from school…

James Carr
James Carr
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Spielman ‘not expecting’ graded inspections from January

Ofsted is not expecting to resume graded inspections in January, the chief inspector of schools has said. Speaking at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted annual report 2019-20: 8 things we learned

Ofsted has published its latest annual report following a “year of two halves” which saw inspections halted around six…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to reboot ITT market review to slim down sector

The government will reboot its review of the initial teacher training market, which aims to tackle the “overly complex”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker