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Who’s who? Your guide to the new ministerial line-up at the DfE

The remits of the new ministerial team at the Department for Education have been confirmed following Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Reception baseline assessment: 8 key findings from the DfE’s pilot report

The Department for Education has published a report on its pilot of the new reception baseline assessment, which will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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All schools should block employees from working as Ofsted inspectors, say leading heads

A group of leading headteachers has written to every school in England urging them to block their employees from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE claims trial shows baseline IS accurate, and confirms September roll-out

The government has confirmed its new reception baseline assessment will be rolled out as planned this September, despite a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Longest-serving RSC Vicky Beer to retire

The government is advertising for three new regional schools commissioners – including to replace the current longest-serving regional commissioner….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Review of national leaders of education: The 6 recommendations

The national leaders of education advisory group has published its review on reforming the system. The group wants the…

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John Dickens


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Let MAT CEOs become national leaders of education, says DfE advisory group

“Transformative” academy trust chief executives and improvement directors should be allowed to become national leaders of education (NLEs), a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted refuses to say whether senior official ‘approved’ content for curriculum firm

A curriculum provider has insisted a senior Ofsted official “approved” articles in its promotional magazine that featured alongside the…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE to strengthen school safeguarding lead roles to help vulnerable pupils

The government plans to look at how it can strengthen the role of designated safeguarding leads in schools to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools running 3-year GCSEs twice as likely to be ‘inadequate’, new report finds

Ofsted has been warned by a former education secretary not to undermine academy freedoms “by the back door” in…

James Carr
James Carr
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Four in 10 LGBT+ teachers experience homophobia, biphobia or transphobia, warns NASUWT

More than four in ten teachers who identify as LGBT+ have personally experienced homophobia, biphobia or transphobia at work…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Variation requests soar as primaries downsize, and 6 other OSA annual report findings

The official in charge of regulating schools’ admissions arrangements has published her annual report. Shan Scott, the chief schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker