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Counting to 20 back in early years goals as DfE U-turns

The government has U-turned on plans to make pupils count to 10 – rather than beyond 20 – under…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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£500k repairs cash withheld from schools over cost-cutter visits

Ministers are withholding £500,000 for vital repairs from 17 schools because they haven’t agreed to a visit from Lord…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New inspections ‘still disadvantage’ less affluent schools, analysis suggests

Schools with challenging intakes are still disadvantaged under Ofsted’s new framework, suggests an analysis of the first inspections. Although…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE’s plans for new computing SCITT crash after no bids received

The Department for Education failed to attract a single bid to run its proposed national computing SCITT, but has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Inspectors should be ‘sensitive’ selecting small school ‘deep dives’

Inspectors have been told to be “sensitive” in which subjects they choose for “deep dives” at smaller schools. The…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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‘Absolutely devastated’: Free school stuck in temporary premises closed by DfE

A free school that has failed to get planning permission for a permanent site over the last three years…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Free school rapped over board meeting in Ibiza

A free school whose trustees flew to Ibiza for a board meeting has been criticised by the government for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE rushes out new ITT framework ahead of election

The Department for Education has unexpectedly published its new framework for initial teacher training, months earlier than planned. Last…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Grammar expansions expose satellite loophole

Ofsted will not inspect “satellite” school expansions separately, exposing an “unexpected loophole” that will allow them to avoid scrutiny….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupils with top vocational qualifications earn more, study finds

Pupils with the most prestigious vocational qualifications earn more later in life than those with top A-levels, a new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Hundreds of schools face nativity play disruption for December election

Hundreds of schools are rescheduling nativity plays and Christmas concerts while parents scramble to make childcare arrangements, following the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The Ofsted effect: Schools ditch three-year GCSEs

One of the country’s largest academy trusts is reviewing whether to ditch three-year GCSEs across all its schools, the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross