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Agnew launches ‘rapid feedback’ school spending comparison service

The government is launching a “rapid feedback” service to compare similar schools based on how frugal they are. And…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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‘We are not convinced’ – leaders’ union ASCL won’t back #PauseOfsted campaign

The Association of School and College Leaders will not back calls for school staff to stop working as Ofsted…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE property firm’s boss got £30k bonus, despite missed value-for-money target

The boss of the Department for Education’s property company received a £30,000 bonus last year, despite the organisation missing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Special school with ‘serious, widespread’ safeguarding failures to get a new sponsor

A residential special school in Worcestershire will be moved to a new academy trust after inspectors identified “serious, widespread”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Catholic trust’s ‘inoperable’ ban on 11-plus tests lifted

A ban which prevented a Catholic academy trust’s 19 primary schools from hosting 11-plus exams has been lifted after…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE consults on new music education blueprint

The government is to fine tune its national plan for music this autumn to ‘level up’ the opportunities offered…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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DfE’s teacher job website carries only half of available positions

The Department for Education’s free-to-use Teaching Vacancies website is failing to advertise more than 55 per cent of available…

James Carr
James Carr
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Councils failing on SEND provision risk takeover from government commissioners

Councils failing to improve their SEND provision after repeated warnings from inspectors risk being taken over by government commissioners….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Just 1 in 6 breakfast clubs in £26m scheme are actually new

Just 286 new breakfast clubs have been created under a £26 million government scheme, ministers have finally admitted. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Head claims DfE’s new funding website doesn’t add up

A leading headteacher has criticised the government’s new school funding website for displaying figures for his school that are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NEU advises members not to work as Ofsted inspectors

England’s largest teaching union has urged its members to stop working as Ofsted inspectors, as it backed a campaign…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Rising costs eat up £7bn funding boost – leaving ‘just £14k extra per school’

Government promises and rising costs will eat up much of the £7.1 billion additional funding pledged by ministers –…

John Dickens
John Dickens