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Plight of SEND families shames me, admits Halfon

Ministers must issue a “serious response” to the education committee’s landmark SEND report, Robert Halfon has said, as he…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Leading trust investigating claim pupil ‘encouraged’ to leave

England’s largest academy trust has launched an investigation into an allegation that a vulnerable child was “encouraged” to leave…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted’s illegal schools taskforce to trial body cameras for inspectors

Ofsted inspectors will trial wearing body cameras during inspections of suspected illegal schools. From next month, inspectors will use…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted amends ‘inadequate’ grade after curriculum inspection complaints

Ofsted has apologised and overturned a provisional ‘inadequate’ judgment after an academy trust complained that inspectors had not understood…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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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