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Boss of charity behind the UTC programme to step down

The chief executive of the organisation that is behind the troubled university technical colleges programme is stepping down. Charles…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Parkfield’s LGBT lessons cancelled until ‘resolution’ found over parent protests

A primary school has agreed to stop its lessons on LGBT rights and homophobia until a resolution has been…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Small rural schools could share headteachers to stay afloat, DfE study suggests

Rural primary schools could share headteachers or consider joining multi-academy trusts to overcome the funding challenges they face, according…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Majority of MATs achieve ‘below average’ progress for 16 to 18-year-olds

New data released by the government today shows 54 per cent of multi-academy trusts achieved a below or well-below-average…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to fund free sanitary products in secondary schools

The chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond has announced plans to fund free sanitary products for pupils in secondary…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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iGCSEs ‘not conducive to public trust in exams’, Ofqual chair warns

Controversial iGCSEs are a “disturbing issue” and “not conducive to public trust in the examinations systems”, the chair of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Ofsted rules Parkfield’s LGBT lessons are ‘age-appropriate’

Ofsted has backed a Birmingham primary school at the centre of a row with parents over whether its lessons…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools are ignoring rules over knife exclusions, Ofsted warns

Schools “may be doing children a disservice” by failing to follow statutory guidance on excluding pupils, Ofsted has warned….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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London schools lack ‘ability and resources’ to tackle knife crime – Ofsted

Schools in London don’t receive enough support to tackle knife crime, Ofsted has warned. New research from the watchdog…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New Ambition Institute wants degree-awarding powers

A new “graduate school” set up to aid the development of teachers at all levels of the school system…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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How could schools be held accountable for excluded pupils?

Various government reviews, at least since the 2010 white paper, have claimed that the way to improve alternative provision…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Hinds didn’t ‘snub’ headteachers over funding, claims minister

An education minister has insisted her boss didn’t “snub” headteachers, despite claims he refused to meet leaders campaigning against…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker