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Spielman: Ofsted inspectors know Progress 8 ‘isn’t perfect’

Ofsted inspectors know that progress scores don’t “paint the whole picture” of school quality, Amanda Spielman has said today,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teachers are responsible for a tenth of serious LGBT bullying incidents in schools

The government has announced a series of measures to help LGBT pupils in schools, after new statistics revealed that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted chief criticised over lack of visits to early-years settings

The chief inspector of schools has not visited a sufficiently “diverse” range of nursery provision, according to critics, after…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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‘Disqualification by association’ rules for schools scrapped

Schools will no longer have to follow controversial safeguarding rules which caused teachers to be unnecessarily suspended from work….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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OCR will be fined £175,000 for its Romeo and Juliet mix-up

Ofqual intends to fine exam board OCR £175,000 for a glaring error made in a GCSE paper in May…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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UTC@Harbourside is the ninth UTC to close

Another university technical college will close next year, taking the total to nine. UTC@Harbourside, based in Newhaven in East…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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EPI: The DfE must ditch ‘flawed’ school performance statistic

Ministers must “ditch their favourite line” that there are now 1.9 million more children in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools than…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE silent on grammar schools consultation response omissions

The Department for Education is refusing to name the 16 campaign groups whose responses to the grammar school consultation…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nicky Morgan calls for return of character education grants

The government should resurrect its programme of character education awards and grants, Nicky Morgan has said. The former education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Healthy schools initiative has ‘come to a halt’

Delays to the launch of the government’s proposed healthy schools rating scheme have left schools “in the lurch”, according…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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How to run a good teacher mentoring programme

Does your school offer mentoring to staff? What difference does it make? A panel at this year’s Festival of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Major MAT Progress 8 scores tumble when accounting for ex-pupils

The progress scores of major multi-academy trusts including Harris Federation, Outwood Grange and Delta all drop off if they…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson