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Three in ten LA-maintained secondaries now in deficit, DfE data shows

More than 30 per cent of local authority-maintained secondary schools are now in deficit, new data from the Department…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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League tables to score schools on how many pupils take up higher apprenticeships

The government will start including data on the number of pupils schools send on to higher-level apprenticeships in school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trusts are becoming more risk-averse, says former schools commissioner

Academy trusts have become more risk-averse as the government has increased its auditing of their work, the former national…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ICO warns schools after head fined for unlawfully obtaining pupils’ personal data

School leaders have been warned they will face action if they abuse their position of trust following the successful…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted to introduce new MAT ‘summary evaluations’ this month

A new inspection regime for multi-academy trusts will be introduced this month, Ofsted has revealed. In its annual report,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted’s annual report 2018: Watchdog ‘concerned’ over SEND exclusions, and 8 more findings

Ofsted has this morning published its annual report for 2018. The key topics include off-rolling, SEND provision, and ‘stuck’…

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John Dickens


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Ofsted annual report reveals plight of ‘stuck schools’

One in ten secondary schools in the north east, Yorkshire and the Humber and the east midlands have been “stuck”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government must do more for ‘left behind’ children, says Ofsted chief

The head of Ofsted has warned that more needs to be done to support children who are “being left…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Looked-after children to get mentors and cut-price fees from private schools

The Department for Education is launching a new mentor scheme for ‘gifted’ children in care, as 65 boarding schools…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Avoid ‘uncritical use’ of PISA scores, researchers warn ministers

Ministers should avoid “uncritical use” of PISA scores because the tests ignore important elements of what English schools teach,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE wants Ofsted to inspect more outstanding schools – but won’t drop exemption

The Department for Education has told Ofsted to reinspect more ‘outstanding’ schools, but stopped short of dropping the controversial…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE names 16 grammar schools that will split £50m expansion cash

The 16 grammar schools that will split the government’s first round of expansion funding have been named by the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker