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Ofsted refuses to name 300 ‘off-rolling’ schools

Ofsted will not name the 300 schools that could be off-rolling pupils in case it alerts them to upcoming…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Excluded children more likely to develop mental health conditions

Children who are excluded are more likely to develop a mental health condition than their peers who stay in…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Kerching! The academy trusts raising millions through fundraising

Academy trusts are raising millions of pounds through fundraising, with one trust posting “record” levels of parental donations. Sector…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Most EEF trials ‘don’t tell us anything’, say researchers

Most trials carried out by a major educational research charity “don’t tell us anything” about whether an intervention had…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Halfon’s ‘reckless’ plan to scrap GCSEs a ‘non-starter’, says baccalaureate fan

Calls to replace GCSEs and A-levels with a “holistic baccalaureate” have been branded a “non-starter” by an advocate of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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No evidence for “no excuses” behaviour policies

Until there is evidence that “zero tolerance” behaviour policies work, schools should prioritise approaches that have proved successful, a…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter


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First non-faith school inspected at Star Academies Trust put in special measures

The first non-faith school to be inspected after joining the lauded Star Academies Trust has been placed in special…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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KPMG Foundation report left out negative findings

An education foundation left out negative findings from a study of its flagship literacy programme. In December the KPMG…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust criticised for taking on debt-ridden schools

An academy trust urged to expand by its regional schools commissioner was later rapped by the government for taking…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE shells out £27m to prop up struggling academies

The government handed out nearly £4.5 million to prop up cash-strapped academies run by the failed Schools Company Trust…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Timpson review to demand excluded pupils count in schools’ results

A landmark review of exclusions will demand the government revives plans to make schools retain responsibility for the results…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Flattening the grass’: what’s really going on at OGAT and Delta?

Claims that a multi-academy trust runs “flattening the grass” assemblies in which children are humiliated swarmed on Twitter last…

John Dickens
John Dickens