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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…

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John Dickens
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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
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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
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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…

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John Dickens
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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
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£12m tender launched to develop early career framework training

The government is looking for five education providers to split £12 million to develop training and support packages for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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‘Inadequate’? Don’t worry – have the school down the road

An academy rated inadequate twice in three years under a major trust is set to close this summer –…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofqual to remove independent advisers from exams procedure review service

The final decisions on exam appeals will now only be taken by  Ofqual, as the exams regulator proceeds with…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE facing legal action after ‘insulting’ £100 offer to would-be teachers it wrongly failed

The Department for Education is facing legal action after offering an “insulting” £100 to compensate would-be teachers it incorrectly…

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John Dickens
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Trust seeks legal advice after council claims parents are ‘fearful’ of ‘tough love’ approach

An academy trust is seeking legal advice after an “extremely misinformed” letter from Dorset Council urged the education secretary…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Give good teachers secondments in challenging schools, says new report

Teachers are reluctant to move to challenging schools in case their workload increases, while headteachers do not want to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools face axing more teaching assistants, DfE-commissioned report finds

Schools face having to axe more support staff under budget squeezes, new government research has found, with leaders concerned…

John Dickens
John Dickens