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Music hub inconsistencies reveal funding ‘postcode lottery’

The government has been warned its preference for smaller-scale hub projects instead of larger injections of revenue funding is…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Beware ‘snake oil’ salesman peddling new framework training, warns Ofsted director

Ofsted’s national director of education has urged schools not to pay “snake-oil” salesman for training on the watchdog’s new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘Inadequate’ primary academy threatened with closure

An academy in the midlands rated ‘inadequate’ in its first inspection faces being rebrokered to a new sponsor. Officials…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE accused again of special treatment of minister’s trust

The Department for Education has denied double standards after forcing one academy trust to share documents relating to important…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Big-hitters stripped of special status as their schools struggle

Scores more system leaders have had their statuses stripped by the government after their school slumped below performance measures…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘Children are not safe’ – secret report reveals extent of failure at Schools Company Trust

A school run by a failed alternative provision academy trust was deemed so unsafe it was told to remove…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Teach First sharpens recruitment focus as DfE considers its future

The teacher-training charity Teach First has launched a substantial shake-up of its operations, amid doubts over the future of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Are teacher misconduct panels really becoming more lenient?

The proportion of teachers banned from the profession for life has increased, challenging concerns that misconduct panels are becoming…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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NHS: 1 in 8 pupils has a mental health disorder

One in eight school-age children had an identified mental disorder last year, the first new data on the subject…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Access arrangements for SEND pupils fall for the first time in 5 years

The number of pupils with disabilities, illnesses or special educational needs receiving help to sit exams has fallen for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools hit with more fines as late GCSE exam entries rise 22%

The number of late GCSE entries increased by 22 per cent last year, despite dropping the year before, government…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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New ‘aspects of engagement’ assessment to replace P-scales

The government has announced that a new testing approach to measure the attainment of pupils with complex disabilities will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker