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Nicky Morgan calls for return of character education grants

The government should resurrect its programme of character education awards and grants, Nicky Morgan has said. The former education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Healthy schools initiative has ‘come to a halt’

Delays to the launch of the government’s proposed healthy schools rating scheme have left schools “in the lurch”, according…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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How to run a good teacher mentoring programme

Does your school offer mentoring to staff? What difference does it make? A panel at this year’s Festival of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Major MAT Progress 8 scores tumble when accounting for ex-pupils

The progress scores of major multi-academy trusts including Harris Federation, Outwood Grange and Delta all drop off if they…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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GMB: Ark’s wealthy donors should bail out their struggling school

Wealthy supporters of one of England’s largest academy trusts should dip into their own pockets to help a struggling…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Church academy warned over finances

A Church of England academy in Pontefract has been served with a financial notice to improve, after failing to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Governors ‘must have mandatory pre-appointment training’

Governors should be required to have “pre-appointment training” before they sit on school boards, paid for by the government,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Teachers ARE motivated by pay, research shows

The idea that teachers are not motivated by pay is misleading and not backed by evidence, according to a…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Don’t let parents opt kids out of sex education, warns leading campaigner Peter Tatchell

Parents who want their children to opt out from sex and relationships education (SRE) lessons should have to go…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Public accounts chair wants schools to publish clearer financial information online

Schools should have to publish more financial information about themselves on their websites to make it easier for parents…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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The DfE is ‘unrealistic’ about school cuts and 6 other morsels from the PAC’s annual report

The chair of the powerful public accounts committee has published her annual report, including criticisms of the Department for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted right to consider separate behaviour judgment, says Nicky Morgan

The former education secretary Nicky Morgan has backed a proposal to have Ofsted inspectors award schools a specific mark…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker