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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
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Catholics pray for free schools miracle

Catholic school leaders are cautious about a new drive to lift the cap on faith-based admissions, after some took…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The 5 schools investigated over severance pay

Five schools investigated for spending more than £320,000 in severance payments without government approval have been named. Stand-alone academies…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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New Cambridge Assessment CEO backs out for ‘personal reasons’

The new chief executive of the Cambridge Assessment Group has withdrawn from the role before he even started, citing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government confirms 638% hike in small private school inspection fees

The government will press ahead with plans to hike the basic amount some small private schools pay for Ofsted…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Secretive private school warning notices published for the first time

The Department for Education has finally published the warning notices it issued to underperforming private schools, over two years…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Academy trust CEOs among Ofqual board appointments

The exams regulator has appointed five new board members, including two multi academy trust chief executives. Ian Bauckham, a chief…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Six fresh facts about teacher supply

The government has published a wide-ranging new analysis of data on teacher supply, retention and mobility. Officials analysed the school…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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GCSE awards up two per cent as schools respond to league table changes

The number of GCSEs awarded in England increased by two per cent last year, reversing a downward trend. Ofqual…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson