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Ofsted mulls creating school reviews website

Ofsted has refused to rule out creating a TripAdvisor-style reviews website for parents after more than three quarters of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads ‘not scared’ of industrial action over funding, says union leader

Headteachers are “not scared” of taking industrial action over school funding, says the head of the country’s largest school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Help me sort out special needs funding, Hinds tells heads

The government will seek the views of schools on whether special needs funding should be reformed to make it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Online memory games can boost maths scores by 3 months, says EEF

Playing online games that aid short-term memory can help to boost maths scores for primary pupils by three months,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Move work experience to sixth form and spread it throughout the year, says think tank

Work experience should take place in sixth form and beyond and be spread throughout the year, rather than happening…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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OGAT under fire for plans to make misbehaving pupils repeat a year

An academy trust is under fire for its new behaviour policy that states poorly-behaved pupils will be kept behind…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Opportunity areas suffer from lack of cross-government support, MPs warned

Opportunity areas are suffering from a lack of support from other governmental departments, board representatives have warned MPs. The…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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OGAT to praise pupils more in behaviour system shake-up

A leading academy trust that pioneered the consequences behaviour system has shaken up its policy to introduce more praise…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Agnew: Mid-year audit reviews avoid academy failings being made public

The academies minister has suggested academy trusts take part in mid-year financial audit reviews to avoid “failings going onto…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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RSC Martin Post to ‘return to the sector’ after contract ends this summer

The regional schools commissioner for north west London and south central England has announced he will return to the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Cost of school savings advisers will rise to £4m, and 8 other things we learned from Agnew at education committee

Academies minister Lord Agnew faced a grilling from MPs this morning over school funding, academies, exclusions and other issues…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Minister: We will ‘tighten accountability’ on exclusions

The government will seek to “tighten accountability” over school exclusions following a landmark review, a minister has confirmed. Lord…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker