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Ofsted right to consider separate behaviour judgment, says Nicky Morgan

The former education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a proposal to have Ofsted inspectors award schools a specific mark…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New editor appointed at Schools Week

Schools Week is proud to announce the appointment of John Dickens, its former chief reporter, as its new editor. Dickens…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exposed: The Downing Street teacher reception where academies reigned supreme

A Downing Street reception for school teachers hosted by the prime minister last month was an “ideological love-in” at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Derby Manufacturing UTC placed in special measures

Another university technical college has been rated ‘inadequate’, the eighth to receive Ofsted’s lowest grade. Derby Manufacturing UTC has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools will NOT lose money next year, unions admit

Schools will not see a real-terms drop in per-pupil funding next year, a coalition of unions has admitted, after…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Troubled UCAT academy trust to close, shedding seven schools

The University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT) will close and give up all seven of its schools after leaders…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Twenty-six more private school warning notices published

The government has published 26 more warning notices identifying failings at private schools around the country. The notices, which cover February…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE reiterates that gender segregation is ‘unlawful discrimination’

The government has published new guidance to remind mixed schools that segregating pupils by gender is “unlawful discrimination”, following…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Return to Teaching pilot was a flop, new data reveals

A government scheme to encourage former teachers to return to the classroom missed its targets and is “unlikely to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE: Schools get bigger as pupil population increases by 66,000

Schools are getting bigger as pupil numbers continue to rise. New data on schools, pupils and their characteristics data…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teachers are entering and leaving the job at the same rate – and other school workforce findings

The Department for Education published the 2017 school workforce census figures this morning. Schools Week has the key findings: 1….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE: Schools ‘must no longer request’ pupil nationality data

Schools have been instructed to stop collecting data on their pupils’ nationality and country of birth, after the controversial…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker