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United Learning boss rules out taking costly PFI schools ‘ever again’

One of the largest academy chains in England has refused to take on any new schools with costly PFI…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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ASCL calls for education ethics committee to guide government decision making

The government needs a committee on the ethical implications of changes to education policy, the ASCL’s ethical leadership commission…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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CBI attacks government education reforms and ‘fixation’ on exams

The president of Britain’s largest business lobbying organisation will today attack the government’s “parade” of education reforms and its…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Policy Exchange asks MATs to provide curriculum resources

Inadequate teaching materials are holding pupils in England back and increasing teachers’ workload, a right-leaning think tank with close…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Headteachers demand new laws to keep children safe online

Legislation to protect children on social media is back on the agenda after a survey found that nearly every…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Free school threatens legal action over closure plan

A strapped-for-cash free school has threatened to take the government to court over its decision to close it just…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Labour MPs launch school accountability inquiry

Labour MPs will hold an inquiry into school improvement and accountability in an attempt to “flesh out” the party’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Former General Teaching Council CEO to head new Teaching Regulation Agency

Alan Meyrick, a former chief executive of the General Teaching Council, has been appointed as the new boss of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Private school inspectors are rubber-stamping failing leaders

Private school inspectors are passing certain school leaders even if in their own reports note they are failing, Ofsted…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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International Women’s Day: NEU demands action on teaching gender pay gap

The country’s largest education union has demanded action to make teaching a “genuinely equal” profession for women. To mark…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Rate schools on how they meet pupils’ mental health needs, care commission tells Ofsted

Ofsted should inspect how effectively schools respond to the mental health needs of their pupils, the Care Quality Commission has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Amanda Spielman at education committee: 5 things we learned

The chief inspector of schools faced questions from MPs this morning. Amanda Spielman appeared at a hearing of the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker