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EBacc target ‘out of our hands’, say heads

Ofsted’s decision to check schools are entering enough pupils for the EBacc suggests the inspectorate has a preferred “academic”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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TV series kicked us into action, says head

A headteacher from the BBC series School says she’s glad nothing was “glossed over” and credited the programme with…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Four fifths of NEU members ‘prepared to strike’ over school funding

An indicative ballot of members of England’s largest teaching union has revealed an appetite for industrial action over school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted framework: Heads warn audit culture will ‘switch’ to exercise books

Headteachers have dismissed Ofsted’s claims that its new inspection framework will reduce workload, warning that a proposed shift from…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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AP school opens with just eight pupils

The first alternative provision school to be run in the UK by a major charity that believes in personalising…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Exclusions: Ofsted will look more closely at ‘repeat’ patterns of suspension

Ofsted will look more closely at whether schools are “repeatedly” suspending or isolating the same pupils, under its new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Ex-minister’s academy trust ignores governance guidelines

A former academies minister’s trust is failing to meet government guidelines over good governance – and has seemingly been…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted mulls plan to demand off-rolling evidence from schools

Ofsted faces a dilemma over its efforts to clampdown on illegal “off-rolling”, as officials weigh up how to check…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools shut out from DfE music curriculum panel

The government has come under fire for choosing just three serving school leaders for its 14-strong panel that will…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools to split £2.5m funding for foreign exchange trips

Schools can apply for a slice of £2.5 million in government funding to take disadvantaged pupils on trips abroad,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Durand Academy wrote off £1.6 million from failed boarding school project

The Durand Academy Trust was forced to write off assets worth more than £1.6 million from its failed boarding…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ormiston Academies Trust got £1.1m government loan

One of the country’s largest multi-academy trusts was lent more than £1 million by the government to help “cash…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross