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6 interesting findings from the Language Trends 2019 report

Take-up of French and German languages has slumped, fewer schools are teaching languages at an early age, and Brexit…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ex-ASCL boss to lead headteacher standards review group

Malcolm Trobe, the former acting general secretary of the ASCL school leaders’ union, will chair a 12-member panel convened…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

TBAP criticised by Ofsted over AP academy where a third of staff were absent

Ofsted has slammed an academy trust after inspectors arrived at one of its schools to find more than a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools handed repairs cash ‘expected’ to follow DfE cost-cutting advice

Schools applying for government funding to repair unsafe buildings will now have to agree to a visit from a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ministers likely to consider ‘soft progression’ of excluded pupils, says ex-minister

The government is likely to consider holding schools accountable for the “soft progression” of excluded pupils and not just…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Timpson: I expect DfE to fund my review recommendations

The chair of a landmark review of exclusions expects the government to fund proposals put forward in his report,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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First 23 computing hubs in England announced

The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) has revealed the first 23 hubs chosen to improve computer science education…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

2 in 5 pupils don’t know where to get mental health support in schools

Two in five pupils would not know how to access mental health support services in schools, and almost half…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

New Schools Network: Let parents take over ‘untouchable’ schools

Parents and community groups should be allowed to take over failing schools, according to a new report from the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News, Politics

66 schools split £22m to boost nursery places

The government has announced 66 schools will get extra funding to boost their nursery places – but ministers have…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ofsted: Curriculum intent isn’t new, and it won’t be the ‘next big thing’

Ofsted has said that its curriculum intent requirements are “nothing new”, nor the “next big thing”, as it attempts…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Oasis chosen to run country’s first ‘secure school’

The Oasis charity has been selected to run the country’s first ‘secure school’. The Oasis Charitable Trust – sponsor…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon