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Green: ‘Messing’ with school structures not priority

“Messing around” with school structures should not be a Labour priority, the shadow education secretary has said.  Speaking at…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Fraud police drop Bright Tribe investigation

Fraud police have dropped their investigation into the Bright Tribe academy trust, Schools Week can reveal. The investigation was…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Revealed: The details behind ex-superhead Sir Craig Tunstall’s dismissal

A superhead received “unauthorised” payments of nearly £300,000 that helped to plunge his former federation of schools into deficit,…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Break the rules and you’re out, minister tells academy bosses

The academies minister has declared there is “simply no place” in education for discredited academy bosses – and vowed…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Boosting finances a main driver for half of trusts that expand

Around half of academy trusts say boosting their finances is one of the main drivers to take on more…

James Carr
James Carr
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Spielman: Not ‘realistic’ to expect schools to provide ‘full’ online teaching

It is not “sensible or realistic” to expect schools to provide a “full on-screen taught programme” for all absent…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Partial closures ‘will continue until we have a vaccine’, says national schools commissioner

Schools having to fully and partially close and then reopen will “become a way of life” until a coronavirus vaccine…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Warning over school leaders with ‘reactivity fatigue considering early retirements’

School leaders are suffering from “reactivity fatigue” with some looking at early retirements because of the toll taken by…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2020

The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2020-21 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Letter used by PM as evidence of school ‘safety’ warned of need for ‘prompt availability of testing’

A statement by the UK’s chief medical officers referenced by Boris Johnson as evidence that schools are safe warned…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government doing ‘level best’ to get school pupils tested, claims Johnson

The prime minister dodged questions about a lack of Covid testing available for school pupils in the House of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Former academy CEO barred for ‘failing to act with integrity and honesty’

A former academy chief executive has been barred from running schools by the government for “failing to act with…

John Dickens
John Dickens