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Troubled UCAT academy trust to close, shedding seven schools

The University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT) will close and give up all seven of its schools after leaders…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Twenty-six more private school warning notices published

The government has published 26 more warning notices identifying failings at private schools around the country. The notices, which cover February…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE reiterates that gender segregation is ‘unlawful discrimination’

The government has published new guidance to remind mixed schools that segregating pupils by gender is “unlawful discrimination”, following…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Return to Teaching pilot was a flop, new data reveals

A government scheme to encourage former teachers to return to the classroom missed its targets and is “unlikely to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE: Schools get bigger as pupil population increases by 66,000

Schools are getting bigger as pupil numbers continue to rise. New data on schools, pupils and their characteristics data…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Teachers are entering and leaving the job at the same rate – and other school workforce findings

The Department for Education published the 2017 school workforce census figures this morning. Schools Week has the key findings: 1….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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DfE: Schools ‘must no longer request’ pupil nationality data

Schools have been instructed to stop collecting data on their pupils’ nationality and country of birth, after the controversial…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Learn lessons’ from the ‘terrible case’ of Whitehaven and Bright Tribe, says Damian Hinds

The government must “learn lessons” from the fiasco surrounding the troubled Whitehaven Academy and its sponsor the Bright Tribe…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Damian Hinds resolutely silent on school funding

The education secretary Damian Hinds has clashed with MPs on school funding, after he refused to say how much…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A third of state schools allow pupils to opt out of languages in year 9

Over a third of state schools now allow pupils to opt out of studying a language in year 9,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Adopted children need better support at school

Schools should give teachers more training to help pupils who have experienced trauma, a leading charity has said, after…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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‘Low-cost’ private school gets government green light

A “no frills” low-cost private school has won government approval to open after a year-long delay. The Independent Grammar…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg