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DfE staffer Luke Thompson enters the Bake Off tent

A Department for Education civil servant and part time techno DJ is one of the contestants on this year’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Spielman warns off-rolling ‘could get worse’ after sharp rise in pupils leaving school before GCSEs

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has warned that the problem of schools removing pupils from the roll in order…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Financial warning for alternative provision provider TBAP trust

A trust which runs 12 alternative provision academies has been warned to improve its finances by the government after…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE ‘minded to terminate’ funding of ‘inadequate’ primary academy in Wiltshire

A Wiltshire primary school that is part of the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust faces having its funding stopped…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Inquiry opened into trustee benefits at independent school charities

An inquiry has been opened into two independent school charities after concerns were raised about conflicts of interest, protecting…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Students stage underground poster campaign against school exclusions

An anonymous group of south London students have chosen GCSE results day to stage a protest about school exclusions,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Admissions appeals 2018: Secondary appeals rise but success rates drop

Figures on the number of admissions appeals for the 2017-18 academic year reveal another increase in the number of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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E-ACT primary school has SATs results cancelled for reading and maths

Year 6 pupils at a primary academy in Birmingham run by the chain E-ACT will not receive scores for…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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GCSE Results 2018: Pupils turn away from design and technology and religious studies

The number of pupils taking design and technology and religious studies GCSEs in the UK has slumped this year,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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GCSE results 2018 – How did boys and girls do in English and maths?

In this year’s GCSEs, only the results in English and maths are directly comparable with 2017, as these two…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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GCSE results 2018: subject tables

Our 2019 subject tables can be accessed here. Comparing subjects across the years is a bit tricky this year…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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GCSE results 2018: Grade 9 makes up over 4% of all results in England

This story is over a year old. The updated 2019 story, which shows a rise in grade 9s issued…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross