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Secondary school league tables delayed over missing re-mark results

The publication of key stage four performance tables and statistics will be delayed by two weeks after a “significant…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

CEO’s £200k salary ‘epitomised’ trust’s financial failures

An academy trust that paid its former executive principal almost £200,000 a year while it had a £1.3 million…

James Carr
James Carr
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Reformed BTECs still produce higher grades than A-levels

Pupils still get higher marks in reformed BTECs than in A-levels – but the gap has closed, new analysis…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Shock £1m deficit at trust where ousted CEO got £25k bonus

An academy trust unknowingly ran up a £1 million deficit while its now-ousted boss was paid a £25,000 bonus,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

AET warned over standards at another of its schools

One of the country’s biggest academy trusts has been warned over standards at another of its schools following concerns…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Free school fire escape door at centre of tax evasion allegations

An MP is to call in the Serious Fraud Office after a collapsed free school leader used a “false…

John Dickens
John Dickens


News

Study suggests new Ofsted regime WON’T punish poor kids

Explosive claims from academy trust leaders that deprived pupils are disadvantaged under Ofsted’s new framework don’t stack up, new…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Chartered teacher status going global with UAE partnership

The Chartered College of Teaching’s flagship CTeach programme is to be delivered overseas after the professional body partnered with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

SATs maladministration cases soar by a third

The number of cases of SATs maladministration investigated by the government increased by 32 per cent in 2018, new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted illegal schools taskforce investigates more than 600 settings

Ofsted has now investigated more than 600 possible illegal schools, new figures show. In an update published this morning,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘I’m powerless to change things’ – another head to retire early because of Ofsted

An award-winning headteacher is to resign early after vowing never to face another Ofsted inspection, claiming the watchdog’s new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Williamson wants free school ‘revolution’ rolled-out across England

The education secretary has said he wants to see the free schools programme “spread much more widely” across England….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker