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Crack down on staff who do too much colour printing, says new DfE guidance

Schools should monitor printer logs to crack down on staff who are “exceptionally high users of colour printing”, the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Exam stress is ‘not necessarily a bad thing’, says Ofqual

The exams regulator has released new guidance for pupils which states that exam stress is “not necessarily a bad…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Church schools hit by related-party transaction rules

Trusts with church schools face having to disclose minor transactions such as lending minibuses to each other under new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Critics question winning bid for new model music curriculum

The Department for Education has refused to say how many bids it received for a contract to write a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: The highs (and occasional lows) of academy CEO pay

Nearly half of the academy trusts ordered by the government to justify high salaries paid their chief executives more…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE won’t issue guidance on ‘exceptional circumstances’ for sex education withdrawal

Headteachers will be left in the “invidious position” of deciding whether they have grounds to refuse parents’ requests to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Labour won’t ‘return to the past’ on school accountability

Returning to the past system of school accountability would be a “wasted opportunity”, Labour has said, as it launches…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Inspiration Trust slams Ofsted inspectors after primary school put in special measures

Inspiration Trust has slammed Ofsted inspectors that it claims “don’t understand the data” after one of its primary schools…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Hold schools ‘responsible’ for excluded pupils who join gangs, says children’s commissioner

Schools should be “held responsible” for the pupils they exclude, the children’s commissioner for England has warned, as figures…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted publishes first academy trust ‘summary evaluation’

The first ever summary evaluation of a multi-academy trust by Ofsted has been published, ushering in a long-awaited new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted: ‘No formal recruitment process’ for subject curriculum groups

Ofsted’s national director of education has admitted there was no formal recruitment process for new subject curriculum groups, following…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools sought for autumn 2019 baseline pilot

Schools willing to trial the government’s new baseline assessment are being sought to take part in a pilot this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker