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Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE

The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE didn’t look into failed UTC’s finances

The government chose not to investigate when auditors were unable to properly scrutinise the finances of a failed university…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Delta DID ‘flatten the grass’, emails show

Emails seen by Schools Week reveal senior leaders at an academy trust arranged and encouraged support for a controversial…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Harris schools swamp ESOL exam with native English speakers

A top trust last year entered hundreds of native English speakers into a qualification intended for pupils with English…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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MAT chairs work more than double recommended hours, study finds

Chairs of trustees work the equivalent of a fifth of a full-time job running academy trusts, a new study…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE policy adviser leaves trust amid finance investigation

A chief executive and operations manager at an academy trust have left their posts amid an internal investigation over…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Don’t shy away from seeking science specialists, urges new report

Advertising for general science teachers is no more effective than seeking those with subject-specific qualifications, according to new research….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE pledges to publish breakdown of cost-cutters’ savings

Ministers will publish a breakdown of recommendations made by its team of cost-cutting advisers later this year. The Department…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofqual confirms changes to reviews of coursework marking

Changes to the way schools review coursework marks requiring leaders to judge marking consistency have been confirmed by the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Dominic Herrington made permanent national schools commissioner

The government has appointed Dominic Herrington as its permanent national schools commissioner. Herrington, also the regional schools commissioner for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Edexcel maths paper leaks referred to prosecutors

Police investigating high-profile leaks of Edexcel A-level exam papers in 2017 and 2018 have passed their first case to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Co-op Academies Trust slams ‘fundamentally flawed’ Progress 8

A major academy trust has slammed the “fundamentally flawed” progress 8 performance measure for punishing schools with challenging cohorts…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg