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Exam boards to choose own programming assessments for computer science GCSE

Exam boards will be free to choose how to assess pupils’ programming skills in the computer science GCSE from…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE: School improvement has ‘arrested or reversed’ in some sponsored academies

Converting schools to sponsored academies does not consistently cause pupil performance to get better – with school improvement actually…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘Don’t answer emails outside office hours’, education secretary tells teachers

The government will spend £10 million supporting the use of education technology in schools, Damian Hinds will announce today,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The 9 things the DfE must do to improve academy accountability, according to MPs

MPs have taken aim at the academies sector in a damning report that demands big changes to the government’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Academy failures have ‘damaged’ children’s education, warns cross-party committee of MPs

The government has been reprimanded by an influential cross-party group of MPs for allowing “a succession of high-profile academy…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Government to review counter-terrorism Prevent duty

The government has announced an independent review of its anti-extremism programme “Prevent”, which has received thousands of referrals of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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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