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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
News

TSC head defends ‘high bar’ as 3 in 4 teaching school hub bids rejected

Just one in four applicants to the government’s new teaching school hubs programme were approved, new figures show. Data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

‘Gross intellectual snobbery’ – former Ofsted strategy chief hits back at academy CEOs

Claims by leading academy bosses that Ofsted’s new inspection regime favours middle-class pupils have been dismissed as “nonsense” by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted to investigate schools’ financial decision-making

Ofsted is set to begin diving into schools’ financial decision-making to test if it provides “more insight” into the…

James Carr
James Carr
News

Former Tory policy chief to advise Gavin Williamson at DfE

Former Conservative Party researcher and policy chief Innes Taylor has been appointed as a special adviser at the Department…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Is the DfE’s teaching ad spend paying off?

The government’s annual spend on teacher recruitment adverts has continued to rise and is now costing an average of…

James Carr
James Carr