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Catholic trust’s ‘inoperable’ ban on 11-plus tests lifted

A ban which prevented a Catholic academy trust’s 19 primary schools from hosting 11-plus exams has been lifted after…

James Carr
James Carr
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DfE consults on new music education blueprint

The government is to fine tune its national plan for music this autumn to ‘level up’ the opportunities offered…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE’s teacher job website carries only half of available positions

The Department for Education’s free-to-use Teaching Vacancies website is failing to advertise more than 55 per cent of available…

James Carr
James Carr
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Councils failing on SEND provision risk takeover from government commissioners

Councils failing to improve their SEND provision after repeated warnings from inspectors risk being taken over by government commissioners….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Just 1 in 6 breakfast clubs in £26m scheme are actually new

Just 286 new breakfast clubs have been created under a £26 million government scheme, ministers have finally admitted. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Head claims DfE’s new funding website doesn’t add up

A leading headteacher has criticised the government’s new school funding website for displaying figures for his school that are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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NEU advises members not to work as Ofsted inspectors

England’s largest teaching union has urged its members to stop working as Ofsted inspectors, as it backed a campaign…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Rising costs eat up £7bn funding boost – leaving ‘just £14k extra per school’

Government promises and rising costs will eat up much of the £7.1 billion additional funding pledged by ministers –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Can’t afford the zoo? Then weed the allotment for activities week

A school plans to charge pupils to do weeding during lesson time as part of a range of options…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Whistleblower scared off after legal threat in Post-it note cheating probe

A whistleblower in a SATs cheating probe was scared off from giving evidence after a “threatening” legal letter from…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools to make teacher body cams permanent to blitz bad behaviour

Three secondary schools in England are piloting the use of body-worn cameras for teachers to tackle bad behaviour, with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Agnew to fire off another round of Baker clause warning letters

Another round of letters warning schools of their legal duty to promote apprenticeships will be fired off to headteachers…

John Dickens
John Dickens