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Schools told to consider lockdown protocols to counter terrorist attacks

Schools are being advised to consider introducing emergency lockdown protocols in their classrooms to counter potential terrorist attacks under…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Academy trust bailed out by government over pensions delay

A struggling academy trust relied on a government bailout to ensure it could pay pension contributions, it has been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE finally adds detail to secretive headteacher board minutes

The government has begun to lift the lid on decisions made by its secretive headteacher boards, but officials want…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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PFI: Council faces £400,000-a-year school closure bill

A failing school handed an academy order more than a year ago is set to close after a sponsor…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Music hub inconsistencies reveal funding ‘postcode lottery’

The government has been warned its preference for smaller-scale hub projects instead of larger injections of revenue funding is…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Beware ‘snake oil’ salesman peddling new framework training, warns Ofsted director

Ofsted’s national director of education has urged schools not to pay “snake-oil” salesman for training on the watchdog’s new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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‘Inadequate’ primary academy threatened with closure

An academy in the midlands rated ‘inadequate’ in its first inspection faces being rebrokered to a new sponsor. Officials…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE accused again of special treatment of minister’s trust

The Department for Education has denied double standards after forcing one academy trust to share documents relating to important…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Big-hitters stripped of special status as their schools struggle

Scores more system leaders have had their statuses stripped by the government after their school slumped below performance measures…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘Children are not safe’ – secret report reveals extent of failure at Schools Company Trust

A school run by a failed alternative provision academy trust was deemed so unsafe it was told to remove…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teach First sharpens recruitment focus as DfE considers its future

The teacher-training charity Teach First has launched a substantial shake-up of its operations, amid doubts over the future of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Investigation: Are teacher misconduct panels really becoming more lenient?

The proportion of teachers banned from the profession for life has increased, challenging concerns that misconduct panels are becoming…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross