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Expand alternative provision to years 12 and 13, says education committee chair

High-quality alternative provision for vulnerable pupils in years 12 and 13 is too scarce and should be expanded, the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust bosses’ New Zealand trip questioned by the ESFA

A review of financial management and governance at the London-based Silver Birch Academy Trust has revealed serious failings, including…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Why every school needs to learn how to handle ‘conduct disorder’

Schools have ineffective behaviour management strategies because they want a “quick fix” to a common disorder but don’t understand…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Suffolk council to vote on swingeing cuts to rural school transport

Suffolk council is preparing controversial cuts to school transport that will “significantly impact” pupil numbers at schools around the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE spent more than £23m on failed studio schools

The government has spent more than £23 million on studio schools that have either closed or never opened but…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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First-choice secondary school offers fall again as ‘baby bulge’ moves

The proportion of pupils getting into their first-choice secondary school is still falling as the so-called “baby bulge” moves…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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‘No need to finish your A-levels,’ universities tell school pupils

School pupils are being told by universities that they don’t need to finish their A-levels, it has been claimed….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Schools in rich areas are more than twice as likely to be ‘outstanding’

Schools in the most affluent areas are more than twice as likely to be rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted as…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Councils begin to top-slice from school budgets to replace ESG funding

More than 60 councils have been given permission to top-slice money from school budgets to make up for cuts…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers need resources to help pupils identify ‘fake news’

A report into the ability of children to identify so-called “fake news” wants teachers to get more training, resources…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Salford Academy Trust to give up its four schools and close

An academy trust that caters for some of the most disadvantaged pupils in Salford is to close and have all four…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE seeks bids for £100,000 phonics roadshows contract

The government is seeking bids for a £100,000 contract to deliver “phonics roadshows” across the country, five months after…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg