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Sixth form funding hike still leaves schools with less than they had in 2013, minister admits

Plans to raise the school funding rate for 16 to 19-year-olds will still leave schools with less than they…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools increasingly tackling mental health in-house, survey finds

Schools are increasingly taking matters into their own hands when it comes to dealing with mental health issues among…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Lord’s trust warned over £1.1m deficit

An academy trust founded by a Conservative party peer has been warned over its finances after running up a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy trust chair and member roles must be split, says NGA

The leading body for school governance wants academy trust chairs also serving as members to give up one of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Plight of SEND families shames me, admits Halfon

Ministers must issue a “serious response” to the education committee’s landmark SEND report, Robert Halfon has said, as he…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Leading trust investigating claim pupil ‘encouraged’ to leave

England’s largest academy trust has launched an investigation into an allegation that a vulnerable child was “encouraged” to leave…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Ofsted’s illegal schools taskforce to trial body cameras for inspectors

Ofsted inspectors will trial wearing body cameras during inspections of suspected illegal schools. From next month, inspectors will use…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted amends ‘inadequate’ grade after curriculum inspection complaints

Ofsted has apologised and overturned a provisional ‘inadequate’ judgment after an academy trust complained that inspectors had not understood…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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CEO pay in the spotlight again as academy boss gets £60k rise

An academy trust ordered to justify its pay by the government handed its chief executive a £60,000 pay rise…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupil premium rates to rise for first time in 5 years

The amount of money schools receive to support their poorest pupils is to increase for the first time in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New teacher training application portal will replace UCAS service by 2021

The government’s new teacher training application portal will replace UCAS’s system by 2021, ministers have announced. Nick Gibb, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Per-pupil funding almost 2% lower than 2010 in today’s money, admits DfE

Per-pupil funding is currently 1.9 per cent lower than it was in 2010 in real-terms, the government has admitted….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker