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Heads could refuse to make redundancies as union backs industrial action

Headteachers could refuse to make redundancies or change the pay and conditions of their staff after the National Association…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers ‘threatened with an axe’ as parent rows escalate

Heads and teachers face a barrage of abuse and threats of violence from parents, with some reporting having been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Birmingham headteacher says unclear DfE guidance has caused LGBT protests

Protests against LGBT relationships education at schools across England are being exacerbated by unclear government guidance, a headteacher at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads demand independent panel to handle Ofsted complaints

Headteachers have demanded the establishment of an independent review panel to handle complaints from schools about Ofsted. Members of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Intimidation of schools over LGBT+ education ‘unacceptable’, says Ofsted chief

It is “unacceptable” for parents to intimidate schools and teachers who are fulfilling their legal duty to teach about…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academies prepare to sell curriculum programmes after £2.4m government pilot

Just three of the 11 academies splitting £2.4 million government funding in a curriculum programme pilot have ruled out…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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DfE tsar Tom Bennett to oversee £10m ‘behaviour network’ to support 500 schools

Government behaviour tsar Tom Bennett will lead a £10 million project to support 500 schools across England to develop…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools denied access to PFI ‘centre of excellence’

Schools have been “snubbed” from accessing the Treasury’s new private finance initiative (PFI) “centre of excellence”. Philip Hammond, the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ministers concerned over ‘continuing drift’ of SEND pupils to special and AP schools

Ministers are concerned about the “continuing drift” of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities into special schools and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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MPs to investigate careers spending as quango gets more DfE funding

MPs will investigate whether careers funding is value for money after the government abandoned plans to make the Careers…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hundreds of schools offered government improvement support

More than 1,600 schools have been offered improvement support by the government after ministers changed how they intervene in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy option reopened for sixth-form colleges

The government is to reopen the option for sixth-form colleges to academise – widening its pool of potential sponsors….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden