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DfE extends breakfast clubs pilot to 2021

A government scheme offering primary schools help to set up breakfast clubs will be extended for a year, but…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Gibb commits £5m to continue culture and music schemes

The government has committed £5 million to extend cultural education schemes aimed at getting school pupils to play instruments,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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The top 10 most read Schools Week stories in 2019

From secret government money-saving reports, pupils being sent to the back of the queue for lunch if they have…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New Year’s Honours 2020: Former academy trust head made a Dame

Former academy trust boss Dr Caroline Allen has been made a dame in the new year’s honours list. Allen,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Opinion

Should inspections be ‘no-notice’ for inspectors as well as schools?

Following the Conservatives’ election victory, no-notice inspections of schools are likely to be trialed in England. Colin Richards believes this…

Freddie Whittaker
COLIN RICHARDS
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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