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FASNA rebrand: 96% of members back creation of ‘Confederation of School Trusts’

Academy trusts are one step closer to having a new membership organisation after proposals for a “Confederation of School…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust to pioneer paid work experience programme at struggling 16-19 free school

A 16-to-19 free school in Manchester is set to offer paid work experience for some of its pupils, in…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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New education and skills team appointed at Policy Exchange

Former teacher and government adviser Tom Richmond and Dr Joanna Williams, from the University of Kent, will head up…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE warns school staff over expression of ‘political views’

School staff have been warned they must “act appropriately” when expressing political views, and should not use school resources…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools having to stretch SEND budgets to cover funding shortfalls, survey finds

Four in five school leaders claim they are having to stretch their budgets to cover the health and care…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Private education firm Cognita bought for £2bn by Swiss company

A private education firm set up by a former Ofsted boss, and with almost 40 schools in England, has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Ofsted announces fresh clampdown on league table ‘gaming’ after ECDL scandal

Inspectors are still on the lookout for schools attempting to “game” school league tables by entering pupils for “inappropriate” qualifications,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Return oversight of schools to local people, says Sir Michael Wilshaw

Local oversight of school standards is “just as patchy” under the government’s regional schools commissioners as it was under…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: Primary school floor standards for 2018

The government has revealed the key stage 2 attainment and progress scores schools will have to achieve to avoid falling “below…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The 4 main trends in the 2018 KS2 primary test results

Provisional results of the primary school key stage 2 SATs tests broken down at local authority and regional level…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: The 20 councils eligible to share a new £50m free school funding pot

The government has announced the names of 20 local authorities that can bid for a share of £50 million…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unison: Redundancies forcing school support staff to fill the gaps

Over 70 per cent of school support staff are being forced to take on tasks that used to be…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson