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Ofsted WILL prosecute illegal schools, and 5 other things we learned at education committee

The education committee held a double session this morning as part of its inquiry into alternative provision. As well…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Named: The 92 academy trusts with multiple staff on £100k+

Ninety-two academy trusts with multiple staff on £100,000 to £150,000 a year have been named by the government. Data…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Doomed free school handed £250k to help it close

The government gave more than £250,000 to a doomed free school to help it close down, new documents reveal….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools without professional clerk are breaking government rules

Schools are breaking government rules by failing to employ a professional clerk to advise governors on their legal duties…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE launches money-saving estate management guide

A new guide has been released by the Department for Education to help schools manage their sites and keep…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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£13.5 million schemes to help close disadvantaged children’s ‘word gap’

Two multi-million pound schemes have been announced to help boost early language and literacy development for disadvantaged children. The…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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Which local authorities got flexibility on high needs funding?

In a move allowing certain local authorities greater control over special-needs funding, the education secretary has lavished Conservative-run councils…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofqual investigates examiners’ experience and background

Ofqual is surveying examiners on their background amid fears from teachers that some lack the experience to mark scripts…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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More than 1,000 learners that failed courses last year will now be told they passed

More than 1,000 learners that failed their courses last year are now being told they’ve passed. Under the previous…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
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Kent private school seeks unpaid intern for one year’s work

A private school run by the United Learning multi-academy trust is seeking an artist to work weekends for free…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Office for Students wades into unconditional university offers storm

One of the first orders of business at the new Office for Students will be to investigate the sharp…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Funding rules prevent MATs from building affordable homes for teachers

School leaders want to offer teachers accommodation to help solve the recruitment crisis, but, as ever, finding the money…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson