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All-through school split so heads can be accountable

An academy trust has made the rare decision to “de-merge” an all-through school into primary and secondary provision because…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School charged £1k to move LCD screen as PFI costs soar by £430m

A school locked into a controversial PFI contract was charged more than £1,000 to move an LCD screen, while…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Head received death threats over claims he pushed ‘anti-Brexit’ agenda

A secondary headteacher received death threats after two sixth-formers reportedly told a national newspaper he pushed “anti-Brexit propaganda”. Ciran…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Brexit: Prepare for potential sleepovers, schools told

Headteachers in Kent have been told their staff may have to sleep in school if Brexit causes traffic chaos…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ormiston academy rapped for off-rolling faces rebrokerage

A school rapped by Ofsted over the “well-established” off-rolling of pupils has been warned it could be moved to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government departments disown report into military ethos in schools

A long-delayed report into the benefits of military ethos in schools will still be published, Schools Week has been…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Assaults in schools soar by 72% in four years

Assaults on school premises have soared 72 per cent in the past four years, with 27,805 reports received by the…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Rebooted Troops to Teachers fails to take off

Gavin Williamson’s rebooted attempts to train more armed forces veterans as teachers has been labelled “pointless” after take-up tanked….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Academy in one of England’s poorest areas soars in school league tables

A sponsored academy in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods has been named in the top 10 schools in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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UTC faces apprentice recruitment freeze after Ofsted criticism

The first university technical college to receive an early monitoring visit for its apprenticeship provision has been heavily criticised…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE’s testing agency pays £3m to settle mystery legal dispute

The Department for Education’s Standards and Testing Agency paid out £3 million to settle a legal dispute to a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Lowest attaining early years pupils fall further behind as progress stalls

The gap between the lowest-attaining early years pupils and the rest of their cohort has widened again this year….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross