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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
News

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
News

University participation: Disadvantage gap widens to largest in a decade

Better-off pupils are now more likely than their poorer peers to progress to university than at any point since…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Sir Rod Aldridge becomes patron of own academy trust

The millionaire businessman behind Aldridge Education academy trust has been named as its patron after relinquishing his role as…

James Carr
James Carr
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‘Conditional unconditional’ offers up, but fewer pupils accept

The use of so-called “strings attached” offers by universities shows no sign of abating, but pupils are now less…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker