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Be ‘cautious’ about mentor programmes, schools told

Schools should be “cautious” about introducing mentoring programmes for their vulnerable pupils because they can do more harm than…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Could Ofsted be about to wipe the grading slate clean?

Ofsted is buzzing with rumours that the grading system for schools is about be scrapped and replaced with pass-or-fail…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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The Bright Tribe Files: Parents and staff blamed by trust over Whitehaven fiasco

The trust blamed for tumbledown buildings and terrible results at Whitehaven Academy has tried to blame the school’s problems…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Private school fees rise again, and 5 more findings from the ISC Census

Private school fees have increased again, new data published by the Independent Schools Council reveals. The ISC, a membership…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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National schools commissioner Sir David Carter to step down

The national schools commissioner will retire from the civil service at the end of this academic year, he has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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The Bright Tribe Files: Conflict of interest warning over Manchester UTC link

A multi-millionaire property developer is facing criticism for a conflict of interest between two academy trusts he ran. Michael…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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The Bright Tribe Files: Northumberland council takes legal action

Northumberland county council has launched legal action to recover £230,000 given to Bright Tribe academy trust to take on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The Bright Tribe Files: What’s going on at the under-fire academy trust?

The inner workings of one of the country’s most controversial academy trusts have been laid bare in the minutes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Struggling to afford CPD? Charge parents £1 a week, says leading head

A government teacher-training tsar says schools that struggle to pay for teachers’ CPD should ask parents for £1 a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Sir David Carter: Attainment gap is the ‘civil rights challenge’ of our time

The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is the “big civil rights challenge” facing schools, a senior…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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New teachers in shortage subjects ‘should be first in line’ for pay rises

Extra funding for pay rises should be targeted at teachers who are early in their careers and working in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Use CPD funding to boost pupil oracy, MPs told

The government should refocus its £75 million teaching and leadership innovation fund to help boost pupils’ speaking and listening skills,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg