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Deficit gap widens between LA schools and academies

Local authority-maintained schools are increasingly slipping into deficit as funding pressures continue to bite, new research has found. A…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted WILL now use predecessor school grades in academy statistics

Ofsted has decided to factor the grades of academies’ predecessor schools into its official data, it has confirmed. The…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School apprenticeship training company ‘not fit for purpose’ says Ofsted

A company that runs apprenticeship training for schools has been branded “not fit for purpose” by Ofsted after inspectors…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exam malpractice allegations sealed fate of doomed studio school

Accusations of exam malpractice sealed the fate of a doomed studio school, according to “shocking” minutes from its board…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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New data shows 12.5% rise in full secondary schools

The proportion of secondary schools that are full or over capacity has risen for the first time in at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Failing private schools to get three months to improve or close

Private schools that fail to meet the government’s standards will be given three months to improve or they will…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Schools sought for ‘returner-teachers’ pilot

Up to 10 schools are being sought to take part in a trial of a scheme aimed at persuading…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofqual clamps down on teacher-examiner cheating

Exam boards will be expected to check teaching plans and materials, monitor social media and track “unusual” exam results…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Nine things schools need to know about the government’s integration green paper

A raft of measures for schools aimed at improving community integration have been announced by the government. The Ministry of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Damian Hinds censured by stats watchdog over school funding claims

The education secretary made an “error” when he claimed in parliament that schools would get a real-terms increase in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Reception staff ‘increasingly unpaid and underqualified’, warns EPI

Schools are increasingly taking on unpaid and underqualified reception staff, new research has found. Analysis by the Education Policy…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Labour loses bid to give free school meals to all universal credit claimants

Labour has lost its bid to extend eligibility for free school meals to pupils from all households claiming universal…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker