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DfE wants 3-year pupil premium plans, but yearly funding stays

Schools have been urged to draw up three-year strategies on how they will spend their pupil premium, despite the…

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John Dickens
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Dwindling roll forces inner London primary to close

An inner London primary school is being forced to close because of a lack of pupils, prompting warnings that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofqual’s new price guide will show ‘real cost’ of the exam system

Ofqual has promised to publish an exams price guide that will include increased qualification costs. The exams regulator announced…

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Kathryn Snowdon
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Ofsted alerts councils and academy trusts to potential off-rolling

Ofsted is alerting local authorities and academy trusts to schools which could be off-rolling pupils, despite refusing to publicly…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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LGBT protests school ‘profoundly let down’ by policymakers, says ex-DfE adviser

The school at the centre of a row over its LGBT relationships teaching has been “profoundly let down by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Free sanitary products scheme may need more cash, admits DfE

The Department for Education doesn’t have enough money to pay for free sanitary products for every eligible pupil in…

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Freddie Whittaker


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Free school in mobile classrooms for 5 years must join MAT before it gets new home

A free school run from mobile classrooms on a rugby field for five years has been ordered to join…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Agnew: ‘No point putting extra money in schools if it’s not being spent properly’

The academies minister Lord Agnew has said there’s no point putting extra cash into schools if “the current money…

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John Dickens
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Spielman: ‘We’re the arbiter of quality, whether you like it or not’

Ofsted’s grading system is “proven” and works, the chief inspector of schools has insisted, defying leaders’ demands for a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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68 winners scoop silver Pearson Teaching Awards for 2019

Inspirational teachers from across the country have been honoured today for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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New trust found for failing Steiner schools

An academy trust that runs seven Hindu schools has been chosen to take over three of the country’s four…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teachers to strike over private school pension withdrawal

Teachers will go on strike at a private school on Friday in what has been described as a “test…

John Dickens
John Dickens