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Coronavirus: Calls for virtual ITT placements and forcing schools to open their doors to trainees

Teacher training providers want to explore forcing schools to offer opportunities to trainees and are in talks about running…

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John Dickens
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Trust sets up own tutoring company to stop £1bn catch-up cash seeping into private sector

A former regional school commissioner turned trust CEO is spearheading a new school-led tutoring agency to ensure government catch-up…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Ofqual wants admissions ‘flexibility’ for pupils with ‘one or two lower grades’

Post-16 providers have been urged to “offer greater flexibility” in admission decisions to ensure pupils who get “one or…

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Coronavirus: £2.7m cost of shredding cancelled SATs papers revealed

The government has shredded exam papers for this year’s cancelled SATs and phonics tests – writing off the £2.7m…

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John Dickens
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RSC league tables 2019: How are the nation’s commissioners performing?

Dominic Herrington has once again been crowned as the best-performing regional schools commissioner, according to Schools Week’s annual league…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Schools advised to delay 11-plus tests until November

Grammar school entry tests should be pushed back until as late as November, the government has said, with parents…

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John Dickens


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Confidence in accuracy of new inspections falls, long-awaited full Ofsted survey shows

Fewer schools think Ofsted’s new inspections are accurate and clear, full survey results finally released by the watchdog have…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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The 8 policies to ensure schools can stay open

A major new report today has called on the government to introduce new tests next year so the loss…

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John Dickens
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The cost of lockdown: attainment gap widens by up to 52% for primary pupils

The attainment gap between primary pupils has widened by up 52 per cent during school closures, the first data…

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John Dickens
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Spending watchdog opens inquiry into national free school meal voucher fiasco

The public spending watchdog is to investigate the government’s free school meals voucher scheme following wide-ranging problems that left…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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DfE planning ‘large-scale’ value-for-money review of pupils’ EHC plans

The government is planning a “large-scale” value-for-money study of the provision provided to children with special educational needs and…

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Teach First graduate and Conservative Teachers founder to be new schools policy adviser

A Teach First graduate who founded the Conservative Teachers group is set to become Nick Gibb’s new schools adviser….

John Dickens
John Dickens