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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
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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
News

Analysis: The schools no longer ‘outstanding’

Dozens of Church of England primaries have fallen from ‘outstanding’ to the bottom two Ofsted grades, while 16 schools…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

NHS property firm’s losses ‘warning sign’ for LocateED

A report savaging the state-owned company that runs NHS land is a “warning sign” for the Department for Education’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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DfE in ‘listening mode’ over non-grad teaching apprenticeships – but costs are ‘astronomical’

The government is still “in listening mode” over plans for an undergraduate teaching apprenticeship, but ministers have been warned…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Boris Johnson pledges £4.6bn per year extra for schools (but not until 2022!)

Boris Johnson has upped his funding promise for schools, vowing to provide £4.6 billion per year extra by 2022…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Bright Tribe and ALAT could face £1.8m bill for ‘improper use of historic grants’

Two academy trusts founded by multi-millionaire businessman Michael Dwan may have to repay £1.8 million in government funding they…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Trust fears £800k reserves will be ‘raided’ under merger

A large academy trust is preparing to fire the trustees of an affiliated standalone academy after they snubbed merger…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

DfE writes off failed Schools Company Trust’s £3m debt

The government has written off £3 million it was owed by the failed Schools Company Trust, with officials now…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

NASUWT former president excluded after speaking out

A teaching union has removed an executive member after she questioned the lengthy suspensions of senior officials and the…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon