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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
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DfE urged to give long-term poor more pupil premium cash

The government should consider handing schools more pupil premium funding for those children with long-term disadvantage, the Social Mobility…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Parents want more ‘outstanding’ schools inspected, plus 4 more Ofsted findings

Parents want ‘outstanding’ schools inspected more often, but believe short inspections are increasingly behind unreliable judgments. Ofsted has published…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted: Ditching grading system for pass/fail could cause more ‘gaming’

Ofsted has released a new report in defence of its under-fire grading system – warning a move to a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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GCSE reforms led to more mock exams, report warns

Reforms to GCSEs intended to cut the amount of time pupils spend in exams have actually led to an…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross