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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


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DfE property company considers onsite housing for teachers

The government-backed company tasked with buying sites for new schools is looking at providing housing for teachers in new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Bill of rights’ for excluded pupils must not be tick-box exercise

Leading figures from the special educational needs community have backed calls for a “bill of rights” to protect pupils…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Don’t boycott SATs, heads tell parents

Headteachers have warned parents not to take part in a planned boycott of this year’s SATs. The campaign group…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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A NEU dawn: NUT and ATL hold final conferences

The National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturers held their last conferences as separate unions over…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Related-party transactions in schools: the debate

Schools should be forced to run related-party transactions past the government for prior approval, a powerful parliamentary committee has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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CEOs at tiny academy trusts paid more than big-chain bosses

Chief executives at some small academy trusts are raking in salaries as high as those with 10 times the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg