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School business leaders warn of cuts to pupil support and staff numbers

Funding pressures will force more schools to reduce individual support for pupils and staff numbers, school business leaders have…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Government announces expert business advice for school leaders

Schools leaders will receive expert business advice on how best to “maximise their resources and budgets” in a new…

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Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Bright Tribe will be ‘held to maximum account’ over Whitehaven Academy – and 5 other things we learned at the Public Accounts Committee

Bright Tribe may have to pay up over its running of Whitehaven Academy and there is no proof that…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Transparency concerns over CEC’s £5m disadvantage fund

The Careers and Enterprise Company faced MPs’ questions over its “giant and confusing” structure and a lack of transparency over…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New maths hubs to open in Cheshire and Lancashire

Two new maths hubs will open in Cheshire and central Lancashire, taking the total number operating nationally to 37….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New app helps get parents involved

A new app that sends game ideas and child development tips to parents from deprived areas has been found…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Campaign group ‘exploring legal action’ over grammar schools expansion plan

Campaigners who oppose the expansion of academic selection are “exploring the possibility of legal action” over government plans to encourage…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government halts data-sharing on pupils

The government has stopped sharing pupil data with third parties while it reviews its approval process. The national pupil…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Minister: It’s ‘not impossible’ for schools to meet apprentice hiring targets

It is “not impossible” for schools to meet apprentice recruitment targets, but they may need extra help, the skills…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Damian Hinds ‘cannot say’ how many new voluntary-aided schools will open

Ministers claim not to know how many new schools will open now it’s easier to found new voluntary-aided institutions….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Hinds to discuss ‘savage’ cuts at UCAT academy trust with local MPs

Damian Hinds will meet MPs to discuss the “savage cuts” proposed by a prominent university-backed academy chain. The University…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb dodges teacher pay funding questions

The schools minister has refused to say whether more cash will be made available for larger pay rises for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker