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Ofsted’s illegal schools taskforce to get another £1m

Ofsted is to receive a further £1 million for its “illegal schools taskforce”, as it comes under increasing pressure…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ombudsman: Transfers of SEND pupils to EHCPs delayed by up to 90 weeks

Pupils with special educational needs are waiting up to 90 weeks, or almost two years, to be transferred from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Progress 8 ‘is forcing schools to ask for more PRU places’

Schools are asking for more places in pupil referral units for excluded pupils as a result of new accountability…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Faith leaders and politicians write to Damian Hinds about faith cap

Faith leaders, politicians and education experts have signed a joint letter asking the education secretary to reconsider his plans…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ofsted ‘disappointed’ by Liberal Democrat pledge to scrap it

The Liberal Democrats’ promise to get rid of Ofsted is “disappointing”, but the party’s criticism has been taken on…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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£40k bursaries for veterans to replace doomed £10m Troops to Teachers scheme

Armed forces veterans will receive bursaries of £40,000 to attend university in the hope they will go on to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Cumbria Education Trust lined up as new sponsor for Whitehaven Academy

The Cumbria Education Trust has been named as the government’s preferred sponsor for the struggling Whitehaven Academy. However, Cumbria’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Liberal Democrats: ‘Ditch Ofsted and school league tables’

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap Ofsted and school league tables, in favour of a less “high-stakes” school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Report schools that don’t let you talk to pupils, minister tells colleges

Schools that flout their new legal obligation to allow training organisations the chance to speak to pupils about technical…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Headteachers Roundtable Summit 2018: Be bold, stay ethical and keep learning at the heart of solutions

Insufficient funding, excessive accountability, poor teacher retention and limited school autonomy were the core issues which 200 heads tackled…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Unions clash with big-spending single-school trust

An academy trust in Manchester will hold last-ditch talks with unions after staff at its only school passed a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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College bankrolls failing schools as it forms new multi academy trust

A further education college that has been forced to bankroll improvements to schools in its new academy trust has…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross