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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


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New ‘witness charter’ to protect teachers in misconduct hearings

The Teaching Regulation Agency has drawn up a “witness charter” to protect teachers who give evidence in misconduct hearings….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted and DfE staff nabbed for Brexit planning

Civil servants from Ofsted have been redeployed to help prepare for a no-deal Brexit, with more staff set to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Six-figure settlement by academy trust angers union

A teaching union wants the government to investigate a possible waste of public funds after an academy trust paid…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Stats watchdog rebukes School Cuts website for ‘misleading’ funding figures

The stats watchdog has rebuked the School Cuts website – run by a coalition of unions – for its…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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OSA chief: Number of poor pupils at grammars ‘not increased in the ways hoped for’

The head of the school admissions watchdog has warned that grammar schools are still not doing enough to ensure…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Trusts hit with warning letters after flouting Baker clause

Ten large academy trusts flouting the Baker clause will be issued with letters from the skills minister to “remind…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross