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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…

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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
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Ofsted inspector’s dismissal highlights consultancy ‘grey area’

An Ofsted inspector with 20 years of service was sacked after conducting an independent review which concluded that a…

James Carr
James Carr
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Revealed: The winners of the 2020 Pearson Teaching Awards

Ten UK teachers and schools have been honoured in the 2020 Pearson Teaching Awards for their dedicated work in…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Ampleforth College ordered to stop admitting new pupils over safeguarding failures

A prestigious private school known as the “Catholic Eton” has been ordered by the government to stop admitting new…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Call for resits as over 1,000 hit by Oxbridge admissions exam glitches

School exam managers and admissions experts are demanding that pupils whose online Oxbridge admissions exams were hit with technical…

James Carr
James Carr
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Ministers seize control in new Covid contingency plans

Ministers are seizing control of the restrictive measures schools can implement to fight the spread of Covid under a…

James Carr
James Carr