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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
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Flagship National Citizen Service under fire for £1m-a-year offices

The government’s flagship National Citizen Service trust has been slammed after its rent ballooned by more than ten-fold to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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ESFA names 9 organisations to roll out £2.3m cost-cutting consultant expansion

The government has named the nine organisations that will recruit and manage a new raft of cost-cutting consultants to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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John Tomsett will return to Huntington School after misconduct inquiry

A leading headteacher found not guilty of unacceptable professional conduct over a sexual relationship with a former pupil will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Trust praised by ministers tops suspensions tables in Ofsted’s areas of concern

An academy trust praised by ministers tops the fixed-term exclusions tables in four authorities that concern Ofsted Exclusions divide…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘This is about social mobility’: Academy trust boss defends exclusions record

The boss of an academy trust under the spotlight for high rates of temporary exclusions has insisted strict behaviour…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Analysis: Expanding grammar schools will still ‘lag behind’ in support for poorer pupils

Plans by 16 grammar schools to open up access to poorer pupils in exchange for a share of an…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Top-rated schools and grammars pocket the most in parental donations

‘Outstanding’-rated schools raise almost twice as much money through parental donations as those rated ‘inadequate’, while grammar schools pick…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Eight top private schools dominate Oxbridge admissions

Eight top schools, including Eton, Westminster and St Paul’s School for boys, had the same number of pupils accepted…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Inadequate’ Steiner free school faces rebrokerage over pupil safety

A Steiner free school in Devon that failed to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its pupils and “disproportionately”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Number of year 13s re-taking English and maths GCSEs in November doubles

Tens of thousands of sixth form pupils were forced to wait an extra year before resitting their English and…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Coursework reforms prevent pupils from getting exams ‘special consideration’

Reforms to GCSEs and A-levels could be preventing pupils from being eligible to receive special consideration when they miss…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross