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Funding axe threat for academies that ignore the Baker clause

Academies could have their funding axed if they fail to comply with the controversial Baker clause. The clause, introduced…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Boss of bust school support company is back in business

The former boss of a school support company that collapsed owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to its local…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE named and shamed trust for failing to justify CEO pay by mistake

The government has been forced to update a list of academy trusts named and shamed for failing to justify…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nine new teaching school hubs to split £2m to improve failing schools

New hubs responsible for improving up to 300 failing schools will be piloted in nine areas under a £2…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Don’t create monopolies of ‘mega-MATs’, government warned

The government has been warned against establishing “monopolies” of mega-MATS as new figures show almost 200 trusts have been…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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GCSE entries: Engineering and design technology flop as EBacc subjects soar

Entries to engineering and design technology GCSEs slumped by 36 per cent and 22 per cent respectively this year,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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DfE leaving parents to police the 11-plus

The government has been accused of passing the buck over 11-plus admissions tests in Kent. Documents seen by Schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The three inconvenient truths about the EBacc

The government is facing renewed calls to review its controversial EBacc accountability measure after three separate claims by ministers…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘It’s time for these protests to stop’ – Hinds weighs in on Anderton Park LGBT education row

It is time for protests against teaching about LGBT relationships in schools to “stop”, the education secretary has said….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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David Ross Education Trust given 4 Ofsted visits to improve academy

The David Ross Education Trust has been told it has four Ofsted visits to improve a failing academy or…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Rayner: Labour will put climate change ‘at the core’ of the curriculum

A future Labour government will make teaching about climate change a “core part of the curriculum” for all pupils,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Russell Group ditches ‘facilitating subjects’ A-level list

The Russell Group of elite universities has ditched its list of preferred A-level subjects in a blow to the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker