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Academy rebrokerage process needs reform, says departing trust boss

The government must reform its academy transfer approval process to allow both sides more time to work out if…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Lilac Sky investigation report STILL not published

The Department for Education has failed to meet its own pledge to publish a long-awaited investigation report into a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Academy trust in £122k severance pay deal despite ‘significant’ challenges

An academy trust in Norfolk paid out a severance package of £122,000 to one employee in a year in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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New free school bids round leaves AP out in the cold

The government’s latest free school wave does not allow applications for new alternative provision, despite a major pledge from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NASUWT faces fresh challenge over legitimacy of national officials

The NASUWT teachers’ union is facing a fresh challenge over claims that its former president and other officials held…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE urged to investigate whether grammar’s satellite site is a new school

Ministers are under pressure to investigate a grammar school that has now stopped sending  pupils to its satellite site…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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ITT providers must guarantee trainees have ‘fundamental English and maths skills’

Initial teacher training providers will have to assess and offer assurance for the “fundamental English and mathematics” skills of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Students ‘unlawfully’ kicked out after missing ‘minimum’ grades

A school in north London “unlawfully” booted out sixth-formers halfway through their A-levels because they didn’t achieve high enough…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Spielman says second illegal school conviction is ‘tip of iceberg’

A south London school that charged parents up to £4,500 a year despite “serious safeguarding issues” and poor record-keeping…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Unanswerable’ Buckinghamshire 11-plus test questions discounted

Grammar schools in Buckinghamshire have been forced to discount two questions from their 11-plus entry test after it emerged that…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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OGAT and Inspiration trustee David Earnshaw to chair DfE’s new trust for orphan schools

David Earnshaw, the chair of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, will chair a new academy trust set up to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted to rewrite ITT inspection framework with focus on behaviour

Ofsted will introduce a new framework for inspecting initial teacher training next year with an increased focus on how…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross