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GDPR: Is the DfE failing to prepare schools for the new data future?

The Department for Education has acknowledged that more needs to be done to help schools prepare for strict new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School inspection changes will save Ofsted £2.3 million

Ofsted will save more than £2 million by giving ‘good’ schools – and those with “serious weaknesses” – an…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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MPs to investigate school and sixth-form funding

The parliamentary education committee has launched an inquiry into school and sixth-form funding, to consider whether a 10-year plan…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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People are struggling to understand the new 9 to 1 GCSE grading system

Understanding of how GCSEs work dropped after the new 9 to 1 grading system came in. A survey of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted

Another University Technical College has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, taking the total number in the category to six….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Disadvantaged pupils’ maths attainment sees England fall behind

England needs to double the number of disadvantaged pupils who achieve the top GCSE grades in maths to catch…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Academy autonomy ‘has no positive impact in the classroom’

Almost half of academy leaders believe that the extra autonomy granted to academies has no positive impact in the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Education committee to hold SEND inquiry

MPs on the parliamentary education committee will hold an inquiry into support for children with special education needs and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofqual won’t regulate private teacher-examiner numbers despite cheating scandal

Ofqual will not limit the number of teacher-examiners at private schools, despite a wave of cheating allegations at some of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Academy trusts must pause as they grow or ‘risk school improvement’

Chief executives at multi-academy trusts must stop and make changes as they develop or risk undermining their ability to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Food, fraud and going abroad: What’s on Ofsted’s £1m credit card bill?

Ofsted has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on meals in restaurants, nights in hotels, overseas travel and in…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Dorset pupil referral units are turning away excluded pupils

Pupil referral units in Dorset are turning away some excluded pupils after the local authority ran out of money…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg