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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
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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
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DfE to develop ‘alternative arrangements’ in case UK leaves Erasmus+

The Department for Education is to develop its own “alternative arrangements” for international education exchanges in case the UK…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Young carers’ bursaries plummet, as union blames complexity in claiming

Take-up of bursaries that support young parents while they study has tumbled by over three-fifths in five years –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Teachers earn £3k less than in 2010, and 5 other EPI analysis findings

The Education Policy Institute has published analysis of teacher numbers and spending trends in England. Here are some of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker