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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


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New DfE research shows ‘lasting negative impact’ on attainment of children in need

Pupils known to social services lag far behind their less vulnerable peers at GCSE, even if they are no…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Medway school mulls single-gender primary extension

A girls’ secondary school in Kent wants to add single-gender primary provision on its site. If the move goes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE to advise teachers on how to speak to vulnerable pupils

Teachers will get advice on “adapting how they speak” to pupils who have been in contact with social services…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Domed: The free school facing funding axe

A free school stuck in temporary accommodation – including running its canteen from an inflatable dome – for the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Practise what you preach on SEND, Ofsted told

A literacy charity has praised Ofsted for its “unprecedented” intervention on behalf of pupils with special educational needs and…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Councils urged to claw back cash as ‘excess’ school surpluses top £500m

Councils are being urged to claw back cash from schools holding “excess” surpluses – as new figures show the…

John Dickens
John Dickens