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Schools lose £145k to fraudsters posing as heads in new scam

Fraudsters impersonating headteachers have managed to con schools across the country out of tens of thousands of pounds in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Special-school pupils travel three times further to school

Special-school pupils face “insurmountable” travelling distances to school and risk being “forced out of the system altogether” as transport…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE confirms ITT applicants WON’T be assessed on suitability to teach

Teacher training providers will be pressured to enrol failed applicants under new changes confirmed by the government today, an…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Lowest-paid sixth-form college teachers to get 2% pay rise

The lowest-paid teachers at sixth-form colleges will get a two-per-cent pay increase under a deal struck between the National…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Men are paid 8% more and get 20% larger bonuses at Ofsted

Ofsted has revealed that men in its organisation are paid on average 8.1 per cent more than women. Bonuses…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE doubles advanced maths premium to £1,200

The government has doubled the amount of money on offer to schools that encourage more pupils to study maths…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Government ‘looking at the options’ for its New Schools Network support

The government is “looking at the options” over its support of the New Schools Network, a free schools advocacy…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Sir David Carter ‘clarifies’ comments on Janet Renou’s Whitehaven visits

The national schools commissioner has written to MPs to “clarify” his comments about visits made by top officials to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools must be consulted on local safeguarding arrangements

Local councils, health services and police forces will have to involve schools in their safeguarding work from now on,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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How are schools implementing flexible working?

Schools are letting teachers take their planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time at home, banning work in the staff…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Arts-focused teacher development fund open for applications

Schools can benefit from up to £150,000 in grant funding to boost arts-based teaching through partnerships with cultural organisations…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Rodillian MAT hit with financial notice to improve after ESFA investigation

A Yorkshire academy trust has been hit with a financial notice to improve as a result of “historic failures”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg