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University College London launches fully resourced national schools competition to tackle ocean plastics.

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Reforms

London calling: Capital’s leaders dominate adviser panels

Leaders of London schools dominate the panels appointed to lead on new reforms, with few experts from the Midlands

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Trust to close after losing £4m council legal row

Parallel Learning Trust’s six schools are to be handed to other trusts but it’s unclear who will pick up…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Trust gets notice to improve after school blaze

MAT slapped with notice over insurance issue that emerged after massive fire

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

Schools stumble on the attendance tightrope

Schools are walking an attendance tightrope amid government pressure and more parental opposition

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Big academy trusts see more kids leave their schools

Council schools also disproportionately take in vulnerable pupils from other schools, study finds

John Dickens
John Dickens


News

Ex-head denies off-rolling at Educating Greater Manchester school

Misconduct panel hears Harrop Fold was like a ‘zoo’ with ‘dangerous’ behaviour worsened by the head’s refusal to exclude…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

SEND: Backlash and legal threats as inclusion push turns sour

Schools asked to ‘make the case’ for funding and sign up to inclusion charters as councils try to boost…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

DfE lets councils skirt minimum funding rules to prop up SEND

LAs given permission to set per-pupil funding below national minimums as deficits spiral

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Attendance mentors move into ten new areas

Etio selected to run £15m expansion of DfE scheme, but trial will stop in five areas already testing the…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Support staff

Labour set for academies support staff pay showdown

Re-establishment of negotiating body seeks to establish national terms and conditions, career progression routes and fair pay

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SATs

DfE scraps £1.6m key stage 1 SATs paper opt-out scheme

Unions say ‘common sense has prevailed’ after an estimated £1.6m was spent last year on optional papers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth