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Lords prepare law to monitor home-schooled pupils

A bill to introduce greater monitoring for home-schooled children is in a “good position” to pass into law, according…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Education Services Grant cut: Academies will lose £353m by 2020, DfE forecasts

Academies stand to lose £353 million by 2020 as a result of cuts to the Education Services Grant, official government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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New buying advice service for schools launched

The government has launched a new advice service for schools to help them get value for money when buying…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Amanda Spielman: Sunday schools must be inspected to prevent extremism

Church of England schools must support the inspection of Sunday schools to protect their pupils from extremism, Amanda Spielman…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Cambridge Assessment Group announces new chief executive

The Cambridge Assessment Group has appointed a senior figure from Pearson as its new group chief executive, the University…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Measure schools by ‘success’ of pupils at 25, says George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Schools should be measured on the “employability and success” of their pupils when they reach the age of 25,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Harris accounts: Redundancy payouts double as Moynihan gets £20k pay rise

Redundancy payouts have more than doubled at London’s Harris multi-academy trust last year, while chief executive Dan Moynihan received…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted inspectors enter hijab row school

Ofsted has begun an inspection of a school at the centre of a row over its decision to ban younger…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Public accounts committee report on teacher supply: The 7 recommendations

The government is under pressure to reveal more about its efforts to boost teacher recruitment and retention following a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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50,000 children were ‘missing’ from education last year

Almost 50,000 children were recorded as “missing” from education last year, according to new research by the National Children’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Recruitment crisis: ‘Get a plan by April’ MPs tell government

The government’s “sluggish and incoherent” response to the teacher recruitment and retention crisis is putting schools under increasing pressure, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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City Technology Colleges pioneer Sir Cyril Taylor dies aged 82

Sir Cyril Taylor, a pioneer of the City Technology Colleges programme who advised 10 education secretaries and founded the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker