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DfE gave academy trust £500k despite serious concerns about finances

Senior Department for Education officials were alerted to a string of concerns at a high-profile academy trust before it…

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John Dickens
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Spielman ordered sanction of off-rolling school

The chief inspector intervened to downgrade the Ofsted rating of a school found to have off-rolled pupils, Schools Week…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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More schools could be forced to cut teaching hours, union warns

More headteachers will be forced to cut the length of the school day if the government doesn’t address the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Fact check: What are the links between school exclusions and knife crime?

School exclusions are in the news again this week after a group of police chiefs and London’s mayor demanded…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Leadsom: ‘No exact date’ for delayed Timpson exclusions review

The government is still not ready to say when it will publish a long-delayed review into exclusions, a senior…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers turn to big business for help running schools

The academies minister Lord Agnew has appealed to leading city business professionals to become school governors and trustees. During…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Government warns of ‘significant increase’ in cyber crime against academy trusts

School leaders have been urged to take action following a “significant increase” in cyber crime against academy trusts in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Stoke council ditches pupil movement policy after school rapped for off-rolling

Secondary schools across Stoke-on-Trent have been advised to stop permanently moving their pupils into alternative provision after one school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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MPs ‘disappointed’ as minister claims schools have ‘more money than ever before’

MPs who packed a parliamentary debate on school funding were left “disappointed” with the government’s response after more than…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Third school rapped for off-rolling had backing of local council

A school criticised by Ofsted for off-rolling its year 11 pupils did so with the agreement of its local…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Banned: Headteacher who let London Bridge attacker teach children unsupervised

A headteacher who allowed one of the London Bridge attackers to teach primary school children unattended has been banned…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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AET recruits Harris leader to turnaround its London secondaries

The country’s largest academy trust has appointed a senior leader from Harris to turnaround its London secondary schools. David…

John Dickens
John Dickens