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Trust issued warning after key stage 3 pupils not taught MFL

An academy trust could have funding axed for one of its schools after Ofsted found some pupils in year…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Uniform bill MP wants restriction on branded items

Families are being made to pay up to £4 extra to add compulsory initials on to items of PE…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: School asks parents to clean toilets to stop outbreak

A school is asking parents to help clean the toilets and plans to make its own hand sanitiser in…

James Carr
James Carr
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‘No-frills’ private school founder eyes seven more north east sites

The man behind a “no frills” private school is looking for sites to open another seven in the north-east,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New teachers happier, but feel hard work ‘isn’t appreciated’

Newly qualified teachers are happier than other graduates, but are more likely to say their hard work is unrewarded,…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Framework criticism is just ‘small and vocal minority’, claims defiant Spielman

The criticism of Ofsted’s new inspection framework is solely down to a “small and vocal minority”, Amanda Spielman will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Government behaviour tsar calls out ‘contradictory’ Ofsted report

Ofsted criticism of school leaders who “extensively controlled” pupil’s behaviour with sanctions “disproportionate to infringements” has been labelled “contradictory”…

James Carr
James Carr
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Barred: Teachers in challenging schools shut out of DfE schemes over EBacc rates

Teachers in the most challenging schools are being barred from shaping policy or sharing their expertise as government limits…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Coronavirus: Schools could be forced to take extra pupils under government contingency plans

The government could close schools and order others to take extra pupils from elsewhere under new coronavirus contingency plans…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Outwood Grange boss joins board of neighbouring academy trust

The chief executive of one of England’s largest academy trusts has joined the board of trustees of another large…

James Carr
James Carr
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Primary school managers ran illegal secondary on floor above

Managers of a private primary school have been found guilty of operating an illegal secondary school for 66 children…

James Carr
James Carr
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Education leaders demand inclusion of business professionals in senior leadership meetings

Education leaders have penned a joint letter imploring schools to include their business professionals in senior leadership meetings amid…

James Carr
James Carr