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Use creative arts to ‘challenge perceptions of what boys do and are like’

Schools need to give boys the skills to “be the best dads they can be”, delegates heard at a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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David Ross Education Trust cleared of wrongdoing, but is ‘vulnerable’ financially, ESFA rules

One of England’s largest academy trusts has been cleared of wrongdoing following complaints about its governance, but school funding…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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More academy trusts in the spotlight over executive pay

The government has issued another warning to academy trusts over executive pay, this time asking those that paid employees…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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‘Inadequate’ academy faces termination of funding over standards

An academy in Central Bedfordshire faces having its funding withdrawn and being rebrokered to a new sponsor after it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Who are the leaders building a SEND network of 10,000 schools?

SEND specialists across England have been tasked with creating a network of 10,000 schools over the next two years…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ambition School Leadership and Institute for Teaching to merge into new charity

Two organisations offering development opportunities for teachers and leaders are to merge into a single charity. Ambition School Leadership,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Scrapping EAL proficiency data collection is ‘retrograde step’

Ministers are under pressure to reinstate a shortlived rule that forced schools to collect data on the language proficiency…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Unfair’ disqualification by association rules leave hundreds in limbo

More than 1,700 teachers and childcare providers were left in limbo as a result of “disproportionate” rules that disqualified…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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One in five grammar schools apply for expansion cash

One-fifth of all grammar schools plan to apply for cash to expand, new analysis shows. Thirty-five of the 163…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofqual mulls grading change for language and science A-levels

Ofqual is considering a change to the grading of A levels in modern languages and the sciences, if it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Sixth forms ‘tighten entry criteria’ for A-levels after reforms

Schools are tightening the entry criteria for A-levels and discouraging some pupils from studying difficult subjects in response to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Directors of Children’s Services demand LAs be allowed to take over failing academies

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services has released a report asking the government to let local authorities take…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross