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Budget 2018: Schools get £400m capital bonus for ‘little extras’

Schools will get £400 million in extra capital funding this year, the chancellor has announced. Philip Hammond has allocated…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools urged to nominate governors and trustees for NGA awards

Schools have just over a month left to nominate governors, trustees and clerks for the National Governance Association’s prestigious…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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United Learning to take schools of doomed Silver Birch academy trust

An academy trust criticised for serious failings of financial management including a £12,000 trip abroad for senior leaders is…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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John Tomsett not guilty of unacceptable professional conduct

A leading headteacher who had a sexual relationship with a former pupil has been found not guilty of unacceptable…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Trainee teachers with bursaries are less likely to get teaching jobs

Graduates given bursaries of up to £26,000 to train as teachers were less likely to get jobs in schools…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2018

Twelve individuals, schools, and organisations have received awards from National Association for Special Educational Needs (Nasen) as recognition of their work…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Capital expenditure on schools has dropped 40 per cent since 2010, says Labour

Government spending on school buildings will have dropped by more than 40 per cent in eight years, Labour has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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New Schools Network boss resigned after PTE merger rebuffed

The board of the New Schools Network turned down a proposal by its interim boss to merge the charity…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds attacks Labour over refusal to answer school policy questions

The education secretary has attacked Labour for “refusing to tell parents” about its schools policies, after his questions about…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofqual wants stronger rules on SATs oversight amid cheating reports

The exams regulator wants rules around oversight of key stage 2 tests to be beefed up following reports of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools refer nearly 5,000 more pupils to social services

Schools are sending more vulnerable children to social care services, with more than 119,000 cases last year, the latest…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools and colleges call on chancellor to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding

Twelve associations representing school and college staff and students have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to urge…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson