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Could new retention plan tackle ‘bursary tourism’?

The government plans to stagger trainee teacher bursary payments in a bid to keep staff in the classroom. Those…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Children’s commissioner to publish home education figures for every school

The children’s commissioner will publish figures for every school in England showing how many of their pupils withdraw to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE could lose ‘millions’ under faith academies plan

The government could lose millions in contributions towards capital funding if religious groups convert their schools into academies en-masse….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Gibb calls for more attention on ‘oracy’ in knowledge-rich curriculum

The schools minister wants oracy to receive more attention from schools with knowledge-rich curricula, alongside the more traditional “three…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ark Schools moves into the curriculum market

Ark Schools is developing a school curriculum programme covering “all the major subjects” that it plans to sell to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ministers mull planning rules change to create teacher housing

The government is considering making it easier for schools to build on-site housing for teachers. In its teacher recruitment…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Academy rapped over consultancy payments to chair of trustees

A special school that paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to consultants, including one who served as its chair…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Inquiry opened into charity behind Birmingham Muslim School

The proprietor of a private Muslim school warned repeatedly about its operations by Ofsted is now under investigation by…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE threatens to reclaim £110k loan unless school joins a multi-academy trust

The government has threatened to forcibly claim back a £110,000 loan issued to a single-academy trust unless it joins…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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ITT review won’t squeeze out small SCITTs, insists Hinds

The education secretary has denied that he plans to get rid of small-scale teacher training programmes run by schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘It will have a long-lasting impact’ – Damian Hinds reflects on his new strategy

Following the most important announcement of Damian Hinds’s political career to date, Schools Week accompanied the education secretary on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New headsets monitor pupils’ brain waves to track concentration

English universities are interested in researching controversial headsets that claim to monitor if pupils are concentrating in class, say…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg