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CEO pay in the spotlight again as academy boss gets £60k rise

An academy trust ordered to justify its pay by the government handed its chief executive a £60,000 pay rise…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupil premium rates to rise for first time in 5 years

The amount of money schools receive to support their poorest pupils is to increase for the first time in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New teacher training application portal will replace UCAS service by 2021

The government’s new teacher training application portal will replace UCAS’s system by 2021, ministers have announced. Nick Gibb, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Per-pupil funding almost 2% lower than 2010 in today’s money, admits DfE

Per-pupil funding is currently 1.9 per cent lower than it was in 2010 in real-terms, the government has admitted….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Internal political challenges’ around trusts pooling schools’ cash hindering take-up

The “internal political challenges” around pooling school funding is hindering take-up amongst academy trusts, despite ministers advocating for the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Reform league tables to include pupil wellbeing, says ASCL

School performance tables should be overhauled to get rid of the perverse incentives that see a minority of schools…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Three-quarters of unis appear to have ditched ‘conditional unconditional’ offers

Up to three quarters of universities and colleges appear to have ended the controversial practice of “conditional unconditional” offers,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘School Gains?’ – Downing Street launches rival to union funding cuts website

Downing Street will launch a new website to challenge the union’s School Cuts service, as a new law to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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AQA admits two further rule breaches over re-marks, but won’t get another fine

The exam board AQA breached rules relating to the re-marking of exams again last autumn – despite having just…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers with more freedom are happier, and 5 more NFER findings

There is limited evidence on teacher autonomy, so the National Foundation for Educational Research has delved into data to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE scales back monitoring of SATs cheating over ‘resourcing constraints’

The government reduced its monitoring of rising levels of SATs cheating due to “unplanned resourcing constraints” – in the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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1 in 20 teachers has long-lasting mental health problem, study finds

One in 20 teachers report having a long-lasting mental health problem, but teaching isn’t the only profession hit by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker