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Holland Park school spent £15k on Farrow & Ball paint and £6k on Jo Malone candles

A state school is facing potential government action after a Schools Week investigation unearthed thousands of pounds have been…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School absence fines soar by 74% after Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling

The number of penalty notices handed out by councils for poor attendance has soared by 74 per cent in…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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School absence rates continue to rise

The rate of absence from English schools continued to rise in 2017-18, new government data shows. According to the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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E-ACT chief executive David Moran to stand down

The chief executive of one of England’s most high-profile academy chains is to step down after six years at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Insufficient’ educational psychologists to ‘meet demand’ from schools, warns government report

There are “insufficient” educational psychologists currently working and in the training pipeline to meet demand, a new report has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Inspiration boss Rachel de Souza urges heads: ‘Do not be servants of DfE policy’

The boss of a high-profile academy trust has urged headteachers “not to be servants of DfE policy”, or take…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Buckinghamshire school support company goes into liquidation

A company which provided school improvement, governor support and other services to hundreds of schools in Buckinghamshire is to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Small ‘good’ schools may get exemption from longer inspections

The country’s smallest ‘good’-rated primary schools may avoid having new two-day inspections under Ofsted’s proposed inspection framework, one of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’

Legal challenges by schools over Ofsted judgments are often a “colossal waste of taxpayers’ money”, a senior inspector has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government consults on plans to withdraw funding for BTECs

The government is considering withdrawing funding for BTECs and other qualifications that “overlap” with A-levels, Damian Hinds has announced….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Two-fifths of schools have buckets catching drips from leaky roofs

Two in five teachers work in schools that have buckets set up to catch drips when it rains, it…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Microsoft researcher to head up new National Centre for Computing Education

A Microsoft researcher who also chairs the group behind the controversial master computing teachers programme has been put in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker