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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
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Nick Gibb’s ministerial brief expanded to include early years

Schools minister Nick Gibb will take on policy for early years education under an expanded ministerial portfolio. Gibb will…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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National reference test 2020 dates revealed

The national reference test will take place in selected schools between February 24 and March 6 next year, Ofqual…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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First Harris academy rated below ‘good’ as Ofsted flags entry to ‘inappropriate’ qualifications

The Harris academy trust has received its first ever Ofsted rating below ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ – with inspectors flagging…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross