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Heads will decide if pupils can be withdrawn from sex education

It will be up to headteachers to decide whether their pupils can withdraw from sex education in their schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools will teach ‘health education’ as part of RSE reforms

Schools will have to teach pupils about the benefits of a healthier lifestyle and how to build mental resilience,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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About 1,000 high-attaining poor pupils are missing out on top GCSE grades

About 1,000 high-attaining primary schools are missing out on top GCSE grades, while their richer peers with the same…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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‘I’m sorry’: Bright Tribe founder Michael Dwan apologises to Whitehaven

Michael Dwan, the founder of the controversial Bright Tribe Trust, has apologised for the problems faced by Cumbria’s troubled…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted says schools can’t fix childhood obesity, but advisory panel members disagree

Schools cannot solve the childhood obesity epidemic and should focus on education instead, according to a new report from…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted considers tougher inspection regime for secure training centres

Ofsted wants to change the way it inspects secure training centres, which educate young offenders up to the age…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Pupil data corrupted after bug hits Capita SIMS

A bug affecting school information management systems may have corrupted pupil data at thousands of schools around the country….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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RE should be renamed Religion, Beliefs and Values, says new Clarke/Woodhead report

Religious education should be renamed Religion, Beliefs and Values and parents must not be allowed to remove pupils from…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Charity watchdog to investigate independent Darul Uloom London school after firearms incident

The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into a leading Islamic school after police arrested two members of staff…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE received six applications for social mobility tsar job by original deadline

Just six people applied to become the government’s new social mobility tsar by the original deadline, prompting ministers to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Embattled Bright Tribe academy trust to close

Bright Tribe, the academy chain at the centre of a row over the running of schools in the north…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Former Montessori charity boss jailed for stealing £180,000

The former head of the UK’s largest Montessori network defrauded the charity of more than £180,000 over the course…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross