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Access arrangements for SEND pupils ‘too strict and confusing’, say exam officers

Schools find exam access arrangements increasingly strict and confusing, according to the body that represents exams officers. Many schools…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Primary MATs have the widest gender pay gap

Primary school academy trusts have the largest pay gaps between men and women according to new national data –…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Ofsted rejects plans to monitor schools via social media

Ofsted will not use information posted on social media by pupils and parents to identify schools in need of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Excluded pupils must have protective ‘bill of rights’, says education committee chair

Excluded pupils should be protected by a “bill of rights” that would allow proper scrutiny of their school’s decision…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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REVEALED: The schools where the poorest pupils make most progress

The poorest pupils have made more progress than their better-off peers at just three per cent of secondary schools,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Lack of tech in exams is denying pupils their ‘normal way of working’

Pupils taking exams are being denied access to their “normal way of working” because the use of technology has…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Revealed: How Gove was forced to create UTCs

As education secretary, Michael Gove was forced to create university technology colleges by George Osborne and David Cameron, a…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Unions slam plan to rebuild burned-down school without sprinklers

The government has been accused of having a “shockingly cavalier” attitude to fire safety, as schools continue to be…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Bright Tribe relinquishes all but one of its northern schools

The troubled Bright Tribe academy trust is pulling out of all but one of its five northern schools because…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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SENCOs voiceless as IT glitch hits ‘invaluable’ online forum

An “invaluable” online forum that supports thousands of special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) has been unavailable for months because…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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