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Bright Tribe to lose name under merger with Adventure Learning Academies Trust

The under-fire Bright Tribe Academy Trust is planning to ditch its name and merge with its sister chain as…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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The chancellor can’t make maths schools add up

Several leading universities have declined the opportunity to open specialist maths schools, and the government won’t admit how many…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Research row over Norfolk boarding school scheme for kids in care

Claims that boarding schools can “transform” the prospects of vulnerable young people have been called into question after the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Exam boards to check teacher-examiners’ lesson plans

Some teachers who help to write exams will have samples of their lesson plans checked by exam boards under…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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University of Chester Academies Trust warned over £3m deficit

The University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT) has been told to get its finances in order after racking up…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Watford UTC hit with financial notice to improve

A University Technical College has been issued with a financial notice to improve after it failed to set a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Schools that work for everyone: 8 significant findings from the consultation responses

More than 500 days after the consultation closed, the government has finally published its response to the ‘Schools that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE takes action to force schools to follow the ‘Baker Clause’

The Department for Education has begun to intervene in schools which fail in their legal duty to allow training…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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‘Strengthened’ QTS proposals will cost at least £336 million

Schools need at least £336 million more per year to pay for the government’s proposed changes to teacher induction,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Grammar schools asked to prioritise poorest pupils

The body representing most of the country’s grammar school headteachers will encourage its members to “prioritise” the poorest pupils…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Private schools will report annually on their work with state schools

The organisation representing some of the country’s most prestigious private schools will have to report every year on how…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Grammar school consultation: Respondents wanted selective schools to take on 100% low-income pupils

Respondents to a high-profile government consultation on grammar schools mostly wanted them take all their pupils from poorer households, it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker