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School keeps top grade despite failing emergency inspections

A private school is still rated ‘outstanding’ after failing emergency inspections that found pupils were not safe and some…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Deloitte ‘gagged’ by DfE over WCAT chain closure

A Big Four accountancy firm that was paid nearly £200,000 to help to close the multi-academy trust WCAT has…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Meet the new masters of the curriculum

Academy trusts are leading the way with curriculum development, but it comes at a price. Here, Schools Week looks at…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE gets just 14 funding bids for new voluntary aided schools

The Catholic church has admitted its dioceses are finding it “challenging” to open new voluntary-aided schools, after new figures…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher shortage won’t be addressed without more BAME teachers, warns Hinds

England’s teacher recruitment and retention crisis will not be solved without an increase in the number of ethnic minority…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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