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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
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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