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Using mock exams as ‘back-ups’ could ‘compound’ disadvantage

Using mock as a “back-up” in the case of any disruption to exams next year could disadvantage poorer pupils…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Ofsted ‘visits’ to go online during national lockdown

Ofsted has confirmed it will undertake school visits “remotely” during the national lockdown. In a Twitter post this evening,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Fewer than 1 in 5 teachers support calls for full school lockdowns

Fewer than one in five teachers want schools to close, but over two in five think rotas should be…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools face cap on tutoring places as officials admit funding only covers 250,000 pupils

Schools may face caps on the number of pupils they can put forward for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP)…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Revealed: The 32 providers selected to deliver the National Tutoring Programme

Thirty-two providers, most of them commercial businesses, have been selected to deliver the government’s National Tutoring Programme in its…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools to remain open during second national lockdown, PM confirms

Schools in England will remain open during the month-long national lockdown due to begin on Thursday, Boris Johnson has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Multiple rule breaches found in Dunham Trust ESFA investigation

An academy trust that paid out tens of thousands of pounds to related parties, spent over £1,000 for staff…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Year 7 pupils ’22 months behind expectations’, finds writing study

New year 7 pupils are 22 months behind where they should be, an online assessment provider has said after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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What new Datalab analysis tells us about Covid and school attendance

Pupils in the some of the poorest areas of the country are missing out on schooling the most, according…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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MAT to lose its four schools after ‘breakdown of trust’ among local governors

An academy trust will lose its four schools following a “breakdown in trust” between its central operation and local…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE and agencies’ performance-related bonus spend rises to over £6m

The Department for Education and its agencies paid out over £6 million in performance-related bonuses in 2018-19, an increase…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School 21 founder to lead Careers and Enterprise Company

The founder and headteacher of School 21 in east London is the new chief executive of the Careers and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker