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Don’t let faith groups influence what schools teach, warns Ofsted chief

Schools must uphold fundamental British values and not permit particular faith groups to influence what they do and do…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Union survey finds vast majority of teachers think SATs harm pupils’ health

Nine in ten teachers believe SATs are detrimental to pupils’ well-being and mental health. Of 1,200 primary school teachers…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Careers and Enterprise Company will publish secretive board minutes

Records of meetings held by the board of the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) will finally be published online…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Use creative arts to ‘challenge perceptions of what boys do and are like’

Schools need to give boys the skills to “be the best dads they can be”, delegates heard at a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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David Ross Education Trust cleared of wrongdoing, but is ‘vulnerable’ financially, ESFA rules

One of England’s largest academy trusts has been cleared of wrongdoing following complaints about its governance, but school funding…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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More academy trusts in the spotlight over executive pay

The government has issued another warning to academy trusts over executive pay, this time asking those that paid employees…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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‘Inadequate’ academy faces termination of funding over standards

An academy in Central Bedfordshire faces having its funding withdrawn and being rebrokered to a new sponsor after it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Who are the leaders building a SEND network of 10,000 schools?

SEND specialists across England have been tasked with creating a network of 10,000 schools over the next two years…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ambition School Leadership and Institute for Teaching to merge into new charity

Two organisations offering development opportunities for teachers and leaders are to merge into a single charity. Ambition School Leadership,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Scrapping EAL proficiency data collection is ‘retrograde step’

Ministers are under pressure to reinstate a shortlived rule that forced schools to collect data on the language proficiency…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Unfair’ disqualification by association rules leave hundreds in limbo

More than 1,700 teachers and childcare providers were left in limbo as a result of “disproportionate” rules that disqualified…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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One in five grammar schools apply for expansion cash

One-fifth of all grammar schools plan to apply for cash to expand, new analysis shows. Thirty-five of the 163…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg