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Timpson exclusions review: DfE pledges alternative provision shake-up

The government has pledged to shake-up the alternative provision sector and committed to holding schools accountable for the pupils…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Timpson exclusions review: the 7 things you need to know

The Department for Education is set to finally publish the Timpson review into exclusions today. The government has released…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Labour won’t make MAT CEOs redundant, says shadow minister

Labour will not make the chief executives of multi-academy trusts redundant if it wins power, a shadow education minister…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Don’t short-change young people at a time of chaos’ warns Whiteman

England must not “short-change” a generation of young people at a time of political chaos, a headteachers’ union leader…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revise EYFS to improve science teaching, says academic

The early years curriculum should be revised to improve guidance on teaching science, an academic has said, after a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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