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NEU joins calls for probe into collapsed free schools at centre of financial scandals

Britain’s largest teaching union has joined calls for a Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations of financial impropriety at…

James Carr
James Carr
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Ofsted should shout louder against 3-year GCSEs, says boss of largest academy trust

Ofsted should be more vocal in challenging schools that narrow the curriculum with three-year GCSEs, the head of England’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Data breach firm given access despite DfE probe

The founder of a firm at the centre of a major education data breach involving betting companies was subject…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Play games to boost early maths skills, says EEF

Schools and nurseries should explore mathematics through games, storybooks, puzzles and songs, according to new guidance from the Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School branded ‘inadequate’ over Islamic leaflet launches legal challenge

An Islamic girls’ school has launched a legal challenge after being rated ‘inadequate’ because inspectors discovered an “inflammatory leaflet”…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Vast majority of school business leaders are white, survey finds

Ninety-six per cent of school business leaders are white, a new survey has found, prompting warnings that “structural racism”…

James Carr
James Carr


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DfE gender pay gap closing – but men get bigger bonuses

Bonuses paid to men working at the Department for Education were on average 3.8 per cent larger than those…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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EPI study highlights ‘lack of evidence’ on university outreach schemes

More evidence is needed to measure the impact of efforts by universities to widen participation, a new review has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academics take aim at ‘flawed’ grammar school study

Eight leading education academics have hit back at a “flawed” study that claimed poor pupils at grammar schools were…

James Carr
James Carr
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Schools failing in legal duty to implement ‘accessibility plans’

Schools are falling foul of a legal duty to improve provision for disabled pupils, new research has warned. Disabled…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Free school rapped for off-rolling after ‘encouraging parents to home-educate children’

A free school has been criticised by Ofsted after inspectors found it encouraged parents to home-educate or find different…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted inspector fleeing fire finds escapes tied shut

An Ofsted inspector discovered fire escapes at a proposed private school were boarded up and didn’t work while trying…

James Carr
James Carr