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DfE seeks ‘better experience’ for website visitors

The Department for Education is set to improve its digital services for schools from next month under a new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Knowledge-rich curriculum guru blasts Nick Gibb over lack of funding

A guru on the knowledge-rich curriculum has warned schools minister Nick Gibb that unless he ensures schools get resources…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Spielman: Ofsted is ‘not dictating’ the curriculum by supporting EBacc target

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has denied accusations that Ofsted are “dictating” school curriculums by stating they should be aiming…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE spent £111m on offices it won’t inhabit

The Department for Education has spent £111 million to refurbish new offices it has no plans to move into….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Bright Tribe emails reveal ‘upsetting’ treatment of campaigning parent

A former Bright Tribe boss told the headteacher of Whitehaven Academy to “think” about the application of a campaigner’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Single-academy trust may have to give up its only school

An academy trust has been told to re-broker its only school to another chain following a second warning about…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Shanghai maths teacher exchange failed to boost KS2 outcomes, DfE report finds

A flagship government exchange programme which sent teachers to China to learn about the “maths mastery” approach did not…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Make ministers sign off top academy CEO pay, say governors

The academies sector should consider adopting an NHS-style pay system where government approval is needed to award high salaries…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Union ordered to reinstate sacked employee after whistleblowing row

England’s second largest teaching union has been ordered to reinstate a sacked employee after an employment tribunal found it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The schools saving thousands slashing executive salaries

Some smaller trusts are slashing inflated leadership salaries – with one saving a six-figure sum in the process. Four…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Investigation: Meet the head paid £260k to run one school

A single-school academy trust has upped the pay of its top executive to £260,000, making him one of the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Unconditional offers could be illegal, regulator warns

Universities that use controversial unconditional offers to “put pressure” on school pupils could be breaking the law, the higher…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker