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How could schools be held accountable for excluded pupils?

Various government reviews, at least since the 2010 white paper, have claimed that the way to improve alternative provision…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Hinds didn’t ‘snub’ headteachers over funding, claims minister

An education minister has insisted her boss didn’t “snub” headteachers, despite claims he refused to meet leaders campaigning against…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New ‘Ambition Institute’ launched following ASL and IfT merger

Education organisations Ambition School Leadership and the Institute for Teaching have been rebranded as the “Ambition Institute”, a single…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The 39 areas set to get new special and AP free schools

The government has revealed the names of 39 areas that have successfully bid to get new special or alternative…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School keeps top grade despite failing emergency inspections

A private school is still rated ‘outstanding’ after failing emergency inspections that found pupils were not safe and some…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Deloitte ‘gagged’ by DfE over WCAT chain closure

A Big Four accountancy firm that was paid nearly £200,000 to help to close the multi-academy trust WCAT has…

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John Dickens


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Meet the new masters of the curriculum

Academy trusts are leading the way with curriculum development, but it comes at a price. Here, Schools Week looks at…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE gets just 14 funding bids for new voluntary aided schools

The Catholic church has admitted its dioceses are finding it “challenging” to open new voluntary-aided schools, after new figures…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher shortage won’t be addressed without more BAME teachers, warns Hinds

England’s teacher recruitment and retention crisis will not be solved without an increase in the number of ethnic minority…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds backs headteachers over LGBT education

The education secretary Damian Hinds has backed headteachers who teach pupils about LGBT relationships following protests by parents against…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School forced to pay £270k for healthcare of disabled pupils

A school has been forced to pay £270,000 for nursing assistants to help three pupils with profound long-term disabilities…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust raids £7.7m reserves to resist cuts

An academy trust has set aside half of its reserves to prop up its budget rather than make cuts…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross