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Hinds backs headteachers over LGBT education

The education secretary Damian Hinds has backed headteachers who teach pupils about LGBT relationships following protests by parents against…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School forced to pay £270k for healthcare of disabled pupils

A school has been forced to pay £270,000 for nursing assistants to help three pupils with profound long-term disabilities…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust raids £7.7m reserves to resist cuts

An academy trust has set aside half of its reserves to prop up its budget rather than make cuts…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE seeks views on use of cladding and sprinklers in schools in wake of Grenfell

The government is inviting views on how best to update guidance on fire safety design in schools as part…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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More pupils miss out on first choice of secondary school

Half the councils expecting the biggest rise in demand for secondary school places have offered fewer pupils their first…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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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…

John Dickens
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