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Ofsted downgrades dozens of ‘outstanding’ schools

Not one ‘outstanding’ school reinspected under a clampdown by Ofsted has retained its top rating. In December, the government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Edtech expert is ‘missing job’ in academy top teams, says Ark senior leader

A technology expert is the “missing job” on leadership teams in schools and academy trusts, a senior member of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Revealed: The 22 councils given permission to top up high needs funding from the schools block

The government has given its approval for nearly three-quarters more councils to shift millions of pounds of school funding…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Tory leadership race: What does it mean for education?

Following Theresa May’s announcement that she will quit as prime minister before the next stage of Brexit negotiations, speculation…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Protests over religion and sex education reforms spread as MPs back changes

MPs have backed changes to relationships and sex education, as protests from parents against teaching primary pupils about LGBT…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Limit pupils’ lunch portions to save money, say Agnew’s cost-cutting advisers

Lord Agnew’s cost-cutting consultants told a school to replace experienced teachers with support staff on term-time contracts, while another…

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John Dickens


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£45k-a-year private school warned over ‘serious regulatory failings’

A private school that charges over £45,000 a year has been warned it could be closed down by the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School capacity improves slightly as secondaries prepare for population bulge

The proportion of schools that were full or over-capacity fell slightly last year, new data shows. Department for Education…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted: Just 23% of reinspected outstanding schools kept their grade

More than three quarters of ‘outstanding’ schools reinspected by Ofsted in the last four months of last year failed…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Councils wary of challenging ‘powerful’ academy CEOs over exclusions, warns Wilshaw

Councils have become “wary” of intervening with “powerful” academy trust CEOs over exclusions because they have been “marginalised” in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pooling school budgets ‘wasn’t as painful as you might think’, says academy trust boss

The leader of one of England’s largest academy trusts has revealed she was forced to pool her schools’ funding…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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David Ross Education Trust appoints Christine Counsell to help develop new curriculum

A leading curriculum expert has joined the David Ross Education Trust as it steps up its focus on developing…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross