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Number of NLEs and NLGs drops 20% as system leadership review continues

The number of national leaders of education and governance working in the school system has declined by around a…

James Carr
James Carr
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Small schools could miss out on ‘top-up’ funding, DfE warned

The Department for Education has pledged to consider changes to its national funding formula after it was warned that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Halfon to seek re-election as education committee chair

Robert Halfon, the former education minister who chaired the Parliamentary education committee for the past two-and-a-half years, will seek…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pay rise means Holland Park head gets £270k to run one school

One of the best paid academy chiefs in the country has received yet another pay rise and is now…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News, Politics

Queen’s Speech 2: Nothing new for schools as government focuses on funding

There were no new policies for schools in today’s Queen’s speech, with ministers focusing instead on existing pledges on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New ‘orphan schools’ trust takes on first school

An academy trust set up by the government to run so-called “orphan schools” has been approved to take on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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School funding settlement ‘won’t help schools in financial hardship’

Government plans to “level up” school funding risks wasting public money and will fail to help schools struggling with…

James Carr
James Carr
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School slams ‘unjust’ Ofsted rating after criticism for ‘gaming’ and off-rolling

A Merseyside school has hit back after it was rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted and criticised for past off-rolling and…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Perry Beeches broke funding rules in its final year as a school sponsor

Trustees at the scandal-hit Perry Beeches Academy Trust continued to break academy funding rules in the chain’s final year…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools need more time to teach reformed GCSE maths, say teachers

Schools may have to spend more time teaching GCSE maths following an increase in content ushered in under reforms…

James Carr
James Carr
News, Politics

Williamson stays on as education secretary, but must replace his two top advisers

Gavin Williamson has returned to work at the Department for Education after his party won a majority at last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Just 1 in 6 pupils pass English and maths GCSE after ‘managed move’

Just 1 in 6 pupils who leave schools via so-called “managed moves” go on to pass their English and…

James Carr
James Carr