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Coronavirus: Williamson pledges exams will be ‘fair’ for pupils

The government is “doing everything to make sure” this summer’s exams are fair for pupils and their efforts are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers reject nine in 10 council bids to prop up high needs budget

Councils have warned of soaring deficits and diminishing support for vulnerable pupils after ministers rejected nine in 10 bids…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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COVID-19 school closures: the disaster that will put edtech to the test

Edtech firms have been quick off the mark to offer their systems as palliatives for school closures. JL Dutaut…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Labour leadership Q&A: Lisa Nandy

Less than a month remains until the end of the Labour leadership contest, with party members across the country…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour leadership Q&A: Rebecca Long-Bailey

Less than a month remains until the end of the Labour leadership contest, with party members across the country…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour leadership Q&A: Sir Keir Starmer

Less than a month remains until the end of the Labour leadership contest, with party members across the country…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Coronavirus: Heads summoned to DfE meeting to discuss potential school closures

Leadership unions and academy representatives have been summoned to the Department for Education to discuss schools’ response to coronavirus….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School leaders lap up controversial MBA apprenticeship

School leaders are taking advantage of a controversial management apprenticeship that education secretary Gavin Williamson is “unconvinced” provides value…

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted amends report of Harris school at centre of framework row after admitting inspection error

Ofsted has amended the report of a school run by one of its most high-profile critics after inspectors wrongly…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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CEO pay 2019: Fewer than 1 in 5 reduce salaries despite government warning

We analysed over 250 academy trust accounts for Schools Week’s annual CEO pay league table investigation – here’s what…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Do what’s best for pupils, even if government doesn’t like it, Barton tells heads

Schools leaders should defy the government and snub GCSE English to help the “forgotten third” of pupils destined to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nearly nine in ten ‘satisfied’ with Ofsted’s new inspections

Nearly nine in ten respondents to a post-inspection survey since September are satisfied with their inspection, according to new…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter