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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
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Ofqual mulls grading change for language and science A-levels

Ofqual is considering a change to the grading of A levels in modern languages and the sciences, if it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Sixth forms ‘tighten entry criteria’ for A-levels after reforms

Schools are tightening the entry criteria for A-levels and discouraging some pupils from studying difficult subjects in response to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Directors of Children’s Services demand LAs be allowed to take over failing academies

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services has released a report asking the government to let local authorities take…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted chief says it’s more helpful for pupils to learn European languages before Mandarin

Learning to speak a European language first is more helpful for pupils than beginning with Mandarin, the chief inspector…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Who were the winners of The Careers & Enterprise Company Annual Awards 2018?

This week the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) celebrated the work of schools, colleges, businesses, and careers professionals with…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Doomed Schools Company Trust ‘double-counted’ GCSEs

A failed multi-academy trust that runs schools for vulnerable excluded pupils reported inflated GCSE results after double-counting some qualifications,…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Gibb: Grammar schools can’t use condition improvement fund to expand

Grammar schools will no longer be able to use a government funding pot meant for all schools to expand…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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School building programme won’t be complete on time after £50m underspend

A flagship government school building programme underspent by more than 64 per cent 2016-17 and will now not be…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Health Futures UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted

Leaders and governors at an ‘inadequate’ university technical college were unaware of “significant” weaknesses for years, Ofsted has said….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Inadequate’ Ofsted report exposes bullying at doomed UTC

Bullying – some of it racial – is rife at a university technical college that announced plans to close…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil premium: Best schools account for ‘every pound spent’

Schools get the best outcomes for the very poorest pupils when they account for “every pound” of pupil premium…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg