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Free school rapped for off-rolling after ‘encouraging parents to home-educate children’

A free school has been criticised by Ofsted after inspectors found it encouraged parents to home-educate or find different…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted inspector fleeing fire finds escapes tied shut

An Ofsted inspector discovered fire escapes at a proposed private school were boarded up and didn’t work while trying…

James Carr
James Carr
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Teachers don’t trust ed tech firms, survey finds

More than half of teachers and school leaders don’t trust claims made by education technology companies, a new poll…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted considers probing curriculum narrowing in beefed-up MAT evaluations

New beefed-up evaluations of multi-academy trusts could see inspectors examine whether the curriculum is being narrowed across groups of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE’s alternative insurance scheme rolled-out to council schools

The Department for Education is rolling out its risk protection arrangement (RPA) to local authority-maintained schools after saving “more…

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James Carr
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DfE’s 2020 teacher pay proposals: Rise will cost schools £455m, plus 6 more findings

The Department for Education has published its recommendations on teacher pay for September 2020. We’ve got a news story…

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John Dickens


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Ofsted’s annual report 2019: MATs more focused on back-office than curriculum, and 5 more findings

Ofsted has published its annual report for 2019, with key topics including illegal schools, off-rolling and the standards of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Spielman: ‘We won’t turn a blind eye to schools narrowing education’

Amanda Spielman has hit back at academy trusts that have questioned her new framework – insisting Ofsted won’t “incentivise…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE recommends £26k starting salaries and 2.5% rise for heads

The government is proposing a pay rise for all teachers – from 6.7 per cent for new starters to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Controversial headteacher removed from school after ‘restraining pupil’

A controversial headteacher known for his “army-like” behaviour rules has been moved out of his school after an incident…

James Carr
James Carr
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Schools sought to test early years reforms before roll-out

The government is looking for schools to become “early adopters” of reforms aimed at boosting language development in early…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE’s international school exchange grants opened up to primary schools

A government-funded school exchange programme to help disadvantaged pupils travel abroad has been expanded to include primary pupils. Education…

John Dickens
John Dickens