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Four key things we learned from data on looked-after pupils

A higher proportion of looked-after pupils were absent from school last year, and more got suspensions, new data reveals….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE offers £2 million to research healthy holiday meals

The government has announced a £2 million funding pot to research ways poorer pupils can benefit from “enriching activities”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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New network will help teachers become joint heads

School leaders will be supported into joint headship roles by a new organisation, partly in response to how “enormous”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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REVEALED: The 87 trusts told to justify CEO pay

The 87 academy trusts whose chief executive pay has been challenged by the government can be named for the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Mark Lehain made interim director at New Schools Network

Mark Lehain has been appointed interim director at the New Schools Network following Toby Young’s departure. Lehain, who also…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Research: Grammar schools do not do better and should be scrapped

Grammar schools do not have better pupil attainment than other state schools and should be closed for the negative…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Northern schools blast RSCs in children’s commissioner report

Northern schools feel unsupported by their regional schools commissioners, who fail to communicate “any plan” for the area, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Universities asked to open more post-16 maths free schools

Universities are being sought by the government to open specialist post-16 free schools to encourage more pupils to study…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Newham expands special needs provision

Five new or expanded centres attached to mainstream schools will be created for pupils with special educational needs in…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Mental health charities call for more youth specialists to be trained

Schools struggle to get pupils seen by qualified mental health professionals because training for counsellors focuses too much on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ombudsman to look into DfE’s handling of information requests about school closure

The parliamentary ombudsman is to investigate the government’s handling of a school closure in Coventry. Clare McArthur, a campaigner…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Marine Academy Plymouth faces moving to new trust

A Plymouth-based academy specialising in marine science and engineering has been warned that it may have its funding terminated…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson