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9,600 schools sign up to baseline assessment pilot

More than 9,600 schools have signed up to the pilot of the government’s new baseline assessment, according to the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted scraps plan for inspectors to arrive with 2.5 hours notice

Plans to have Ofsted inspectors arrive at schools within two-and-a-half hours of heads being notified of an inspection have…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New Ofsted inspection framework: What schools need to know

Ofsted has published the finalised version of its new inspection framework, which will govern all school visits from this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools to get curriculum review grace period under new Ofsted inspection framework

Schools will be given the chance to implement a new curriculum before being judged on it under new plans…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE pledges recruitment process for behaviour network team

The Department for Education insists it will launch a recruitment process for its new “behaviour network” experts, after the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Inadequate’ rating for school given £1.8 million by sponsor

An academy in Preston was rated inadequate and criticised for its “embryonic” curriculum plans – despite receiving £1.8 million…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Majority of schools with sixth forms post deficit as funding plunges 26%, EPI reveals

More than half of schools with sixth forms posted in-year deficits, as funding has plunged by more than a…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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I want ‘broad range’ of schools for new network, says DfE behaviour tsar Bennett

Schools that demonstrate “consistency” in behaviour management are being sought for a new £10 million government project – and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Timpson review: Questions over councils’ role in oversight of pupil movement

The government will consider giving councils a key role in tracking pupils who move out of schools – sparking…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Timpson review: School accountability drive ‘could increase exclusions’

Damian Hinds had promised to “work with the sector” to ensure proposals for schools to be accountable for the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE silent on Education Fellowship Trust’s payouts

The government has refused to explain why a now defunct academy trust set aside more than £100,000 for golden…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE response on AP ‘disingenuous’, says Timpson review adviser

The government is “disingenuous” to claim it has accepted all of Edward Timpson’s recommendations on exclusions, claims an adviser…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker