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Performance tables penalise schools with most vulnerable pupils, warns union boss

The current system of school league tables stigmatises schools and penalises those with the most vulnerable pupils, union leader…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted’s off-rolling focus may drive exclusions, leading heads warn

Confusion over Ofsted’s off-rolling focus may push more schools to permanently exclude pupils, a leading group of headteachers has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ambition Institute plans apprenticeships so schools can dip into £200m levy pot

A teacher development charity is in talks to deliver new apprenticeships for teachers and leaders, including chief executives, in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Trusts fail to make use of £500k DfE takeover funding

Trusts given hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government to take over struggling schools have failed to expand,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘We are rubbing pupils’ noses in disappointment’ – union boss

GCSEs “rub the noses of pupils in disappointment”, the leader of headteachers’ union ASCL will say today, as he…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Trust rapped for £1.9k booze bill

An academy trust broke funding rules over £1,900 expenses on alcoholic drinks and a £450 Christmas meal for trustees,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Interserve seeks to reassure schools amid administration reports

Outsourcing giant Interserve, which provides services to more than 700 schools, is reportedly going to be put into administration…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Less than 1 in 5 teachers download DfE’s workload reduction toolkit

Less than one in five teachers in England have downloaded a toolkit launched by the government to help them…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE ‘minded’ to rebroker primary school from Inspiration Trust

An academy trust founded by a minister has been warned its flagship school could be rebrokered to another sponsor…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools need an extra £5.7 billion, says ASCL

School funding must be increased by £5.7 billion if every child is to receive the education they deserve, according…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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ASCL ‘forgotten third’ inquiry mulls ‘stage not age’ testing call

An influential commission on the future of GCSEs is considering recommending an end to the comparable outcomes system and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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We must be more ‘forensic’ in funding campaign, Barton warns

Tales of teachers having to buy equipment for their schools are “unhelpful” and are eclipsing the more serious impact…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker