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Cut CEO pay if your finances deteriorate, DfE tells academy trusts

Academy trusts should be prepared to cut executive pay if poor management results in a deterioration of their financial…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Scaled scores for 2019 key stage 2 SATs announced

The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2019 key stage 2 tests to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted ‘accepts’ OGAT’s high exclusion rate in glowing summary evaluation

The head of Outwood Grange Academies Trust has said Ofsted “accepted” its “high” fixed-term exclusions as a valid approach…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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97% of primary teachers support campaign to scrap SATs – NEU poll

The vast majority of primary school teachers support a campaign to scrap key stage 2 SATs, the National Education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Record year for Teach First as two thirds of applicants pass screening

The education charity Teach First has recruited a record cohort of trainee teachers after almost two in three passed…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Healthy schools’ rating scheme finally published – nearly 2 years late

The government has finally published details of its “healthy schools” rating scheme – almost two years late. Schools are…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Ban private firms from running special schools, say families affected by sudden school closure

Hundreds of parents want private companies banned from running special schools after a healthcare firm announced plans to close…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ICO receives hundreds of unnecessary school referrals as leaders struggle with GDPR

The information watchdog dealt with hundreds of unnecessary referrals relating to schools in the year after tough new data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ESFA suppressed investigation findings that cleared trust of wrongdoing

Ministers refused to release the findings of an independent investigation that cleared a collapsed academy trust from allegations of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE defends spending £500k first-class travel

The Department for Education has defended spending more than £500,000 on train tickets that involved first-class travel, claiming it…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Review will consider whether headteacher standards should apply to academy CEOs

A review of the government’s headteacher standards will look at whether the guidance should also apply to multi-academy trust…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘The challenge is huge’: Oasis founder reveals vision for England’s first secure school

Rev Steve Chalke, founder and leader of the Oasis Charitable Trust, which has just been awarded the contract to…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon