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Pupil nationality data: Controversial collection misses data for more than million pupils

Schools failed to collect pupil nationality and country of birth data for hundreds of thousands of pupils for the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Sixth form funding rates to remain unchanged in 2019-20

Funding rates for sixth forms will remain unchanged next year, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has confirmed, dashing hopes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams boards told to ‘strengthen controls’ after ‘unwarranted’ rise in BTEC grades

Ofqual is urging exam boards to “strengthen their controls” on certain types of applied general qualifications, after it uncovered…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Revealed: The 50 academy trusts that cut chief executive pay

The government has named 50 academy trusts that have cut executive pay following pressure from officials. A list, sent…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust faces legal challenge over isolation booths

A high-profile academy trust faces a legal challenge over claims a pupil at one of its schools spent almost…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Union urges Catholic school teachers to resist academy plans

Teachers at Catholic schools are being urged by their union to resist plans by bishops to academise, even though…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Teacher supply and school funding on the agenda for new Social Mobility Commission team

The rejuvenated Social Mobility Commission will investigate school funding issues and the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, its new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Spielman: Curriculum research shows we won’t be fooled by leaders ‘talking a good game’

Inspectors will not be fooled by schools “talking a good game” on their curriculum but not turning their plans…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted research finds schools in poorest areas have best curriculum

Ofsted has found schools in the most deprived communities outscored their more affluent counterparts in its new study on…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Nearly half of primaries score poorly on curriculum quality, new Ofsted study shows

Nearly half of all primary schools scored poorly in Ofsted’s latest curriculum study – with an apparent focus on…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Social Mobility Commission to relaunch with £2m research budget

Ministers have allocated £2 million in research funding to the rejuvenated Social Mobility Commission, a year after all of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Inspectors will spend more time in schools during short inspections, Spielman tells MPs

The head of Ofsted has sought to reassure MPs that inspectors will soon spend more time on site during…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross