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DfE facing action over ‘wide ranging and serious’ data protection breaches

The Department for Education breached data protection rules over its controversial pupil nationality data collection and by sharing pupils’…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Just 3% of EdTech Innovation funding goes to resolving timetabling issues

The first wave of EdTech Innovation funding has been dished out – but just 3 per cent of the…

James Carr
James Carr
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Birmingham LA school downgraded from ‘outstanding’ for off-rolling

A Birmingham school has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ after Ofsted found it was off-rolling pupils. Holte School becomes the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted flags Inspiration’s ‘flimsy’ response to ‘steep’ home education rise

Inspiration Trust has admitted the number of pupils moving to home education from one of its schools was “too…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Corbyn: Teachers having to buy ‘uniforms and mattresses’ for pupils

Teachers are being forced to buy “uniforms and even mattresses” for pupils because their parents cannot afford them, Jeremy…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Parliamentary Review ‘misleading’ over government links, advertising watchdog rules

A glossy magazine that charges heads thousands of pounds to publish content about their school was “misleading” over its…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Three-quarters of teachers stressed out, study finds

Almost three-quarters of school teachers say they are stressed out, while more than half considered leaving the sector because…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Ditch ‘corporate’ language in academies sector, says former DfE adviser

The use of corporate language in the academies sector – such as calling bosses chief executives – is “unhelpful”,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Former RSC joins Ormiston academy trust

The former regional schools commissioner Janet Renou has become a trustee at one of the country’s largest academy chains….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Marginal seats set to benefit from £18m injection

An £18 million cash injection to boost social mobility in deprived areas has been called “pork-barrel politics” after it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Unions publish school funding constituency league table to sway voters

A new league table that allows voters to see how their constituency has been affected by real-terms funding cuts…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Illegal schools have ‘drills’ to avoid scrutiny, says Ofsted director

Illegal schools have prepared “drills” for Ofsted visits that include sending children “running out of every door” when inspectors…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker