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New tech aims to beat schools’ ‘WhatsApp problem’

A free app aims to lessen teacher workload by helping to stamp out the “playground politics” of parent chat…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Spielman: Schools should put less faith in predicted grades

Ofsted’s chief inspector has told schools to put “less faith” in predicted grades – warning they can do “more…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Women underrepresented on DfE’s new ed tech panel

Women make up just a quarter of a new government panel set up to improve the accessibility and inclusion…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Academy trust’s PRU was illegal for six years

An academy trust had to register a pupil referral unit as a school after Ofsted found it had been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust bosses recognised in Queen’s birthday honours

Nine academy trust leaders have been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours this year, making up a fifth of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Uni regulator insists it has ‘no plans’ to share sensitive pupil data with private firms

The universities regulator says it has “no plans” to share sensitive named pupil data with private companies as parliament…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Grammar school scraps controversial ‘exclusion clause’ from registration form

A grammar school has deleted a controversial clause in its registration form that made parents agree their child could…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Ministers still relying on ‘misleading’ record funding claims

Senior government ministers, including the prime minister, keep peddling the “misleading” line that “more money than ever before” is…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Boys and girls offered different taster lessons based on gender

Two schools have come under fire for offering different taster lessons to pupils based on their gender, after girls…

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
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Police use pupils to scold speeding drivers outside primary schools

Drivers who speed near primary schools could find themselves scolded by pupils as part of a new police initiative…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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May wants to make school spending announcement before she leaves

Theresa May wants to announce a “multibillion programme” to overhaul schools before she leaves office, it has been reported….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy keeps top Ofsted grade despite ‘exceptional’ pupil movement

Ofsted ruled that a school with “exceptional levels of pupil movement” should remain “outstanding”, accepting the headteacher’s claim that…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross