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Revealed: The private schools that remain open despite standards warnings

A private school has been forced to close most classes after the government threatened to shut it down over…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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The Spielman Q&A: ‘Human judgment is not something with crystalline boundaries’

As Ofsted reveals more of its proposed new inspection framework – before its official public unveiling early next year…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Isolation rooms: How swathes of schools are removing pupils from their classrooms

Primary schools are using isolation rooms to punish pupils as young as five years old, with some secondaries admitting…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Academy trust looks to Spotify and Netflix for autonomy inspiration

A lauded academy trust is looking to entertainment giants Spotify and Netflix to develop a new “aligned autonomy” model…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Perry Beeches ‘superhead’ Liam Nolan guilty of misconduct

The former head of an academy trust who drew a second salary from a private company contracted to his…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unauthorised absences continue to rise

The rate at which pupils are absent from English schools without permission has risen again this year. New data…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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EYFS results 2018: 71.5% of reception pupils achieve ‘good’ development

The proportion of reception pupils reaching a “good” level of development has risen again this year, according to the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Perry Beeches ‘superhead’ Liam Nolan tells misconduct hearing: ‘It’s been a disaster’

A former superhead who earned a second salary from a private company contracted by his own academy trust has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Three schools removed from delivering first wave of T-levels

Three schools will no longer deliver the first wave of T-levels after one was rated “requires improvement” by Ofsted…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Opportunity areas ‘too led’ by DfE and lack local engagement, report warns

Opportunity area boards seem “too led” by the government and local stakeholders need more influence over deciding on the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE ‘recognises’ Progress 8 can drive ‘perverse incentives’

The Department for Education has admitted it “recognises” that its progress 8 performance measure can drive perverse incentives for…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Over half of secondary schools use ‘internal inclusion units’, DfE research finds

Over half of secondary schools and a minority of primaries are using “internal inclusion units” as a behaviour strategy…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg