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Free schools have a ‘branding problem’ says NSN director

Free schools have a “branding problem” and the “political will” behind them has diminished in recent years, the director…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School that couldn’t prove banned head was kept from classroom criticised by Ofsted

Ofsted has criticised a school that failed to prove its head teacher was being kept away from the classroom…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Still no investigation into trust that spent £100k repairs cash on staff salaries

Ministers are still deciding whether to investigate a trust that spent £100,000 of cash for building repairs on staff…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Who were the winners of The Careers & Enterprise Company Annual Awards 2019?

This week the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) celebrated the work of schools, colleges, businesses, and careers professionals with…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Sprinklers installed in just 3% of schools that had fires in last 5 years

Sprinklers were installed in just 3 per cent of English schools where fires broke out in the past five…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Almost 1 in 3 teachers report kids being withdrawn from RE, and 4 other NATRE survey findings

Schools are failing to meet their legal obligations to teach religious education (RE), a new poll from the National…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon


CPC, News, Politics

Williamson backs ‘Rolls Royce-level’ degree apprenticeships for teachers

Gavin Williamson has backed the idea of a teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates, saying that the government should not limit…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Did DfE mislead Parliament over no-deal Brexit preparations?

The Department for Education is facing accusations it “misled Parliament” after denying the existence of preparation plans for a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Pearson apologises after BTEC gaffe hits schools’ progress 8 scores

Ministers have vowed to amend schools’ progress 8 scores after it was discovered some were as much as 0.2…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Retired head gets VIP message after special award win

Tony Blair has honoured one of the “pioneers” of the academies system, Ros McMullen, after she was presented with…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Noticeboard firm boss: Primary school slides ‘taken out of context’ and aren’t ‘pro-Boris propaganda’

A firm accused of beaming political “propaganda” into primary schools without consent has claimed screenshots of its videos have…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Phonics check pass rate falls for the first time

The proportion of year 1 pupils meeting the government’s “expected standard” in the phonics screening check has fallen for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker