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Heads demand Ofsted consider ‘uneven school funding’

A group of leading headteachers wants Ofsted to take the “uneven funding” of schools into account as part of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Rural schools struggle to break poverty-attainment link

Poor pupils in rural schools are more likely to get low GCSE scores than their disadvantaged peers in every…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Exposed: The academy trust chief who boasted he ‘flicked away’ safeguarding concerns

An academy trust boss has boasted that he simply “flicked away” safeguarding complaints made by a whistleblower at a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Hinds demands end to ‘unethical’ unconditional offers

The education secretary has warned 23 universities regarding their use of “unethical” unconditional offers, following warnings that school pupils…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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LocatED shortlists up to 20 school sites to be sold off under pilot scheme

Up to 20 school sites have been shortlisted by the government’s education property company as having surplus land that…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools warned not to share pupil data on Capita’s file transfer systems ‘until further notice’

Schools have been warned not to use Capita’s file transfer systems until further notice after a glitch hit its…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Tenth UTC closure announced

Yet another university technical college will close later this year, taking the total to 10 for the troubled programme….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Less than a third of heads think GCSEs prepare pupils for work

Confidence in GCSEs as a good preparation for work among headteachers slumped last year, according to a new survey…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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SEND funding cut by 17% in three years, warns IPPR report

Funding for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities has been slashed by more than a sixth, according to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Let all teaching job applicants explore ‘flexible options’, says Hinds

All teaching job adverts should offer applicants the chance to explore flexible working options, the education secretary has said….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academic resigns as Ofsted adviser over ‘senior officials’ Twitter activity’

An education academic has resigned from an Ofsted advisory group in protest at the way senior officials conduct themselves…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Nick Gibb refuses to say whether he backs controversial cost-cutting advice

Schools minister Nick Gibb today dodged calls to clarify whether he backs controversial proposals made by the government’s cost-cutting…

John Dickens
John Dickens