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511 primary schools under floor standards (or 546 if you’re picky)

Fewer primary schools have fallen below floor standards this year, but more have been defined as “coasting”, according to…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News, Opinion

What are the ACTUAL new policies in Greening’s action plan?

Justine Greening has finally published her social mobility action plan, entitled ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’. Much of it includes…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Greening: ‘Coasting’ schools will only change leadership in ‘rare cases’

Justine Greening has announced that schools labelled “coasting” will be given a package of support rather than an enforced…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

‘Unlocking talent, fulfilling potential’: Greening to launch social mobility action plan

There will be reforms to the free schools programme, a review of provision for excluded pupils, and a new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Academy trusts to be named and shamed for late and missed financial returns

The government will name and shame academy trusts which submit their financial returns late or fail to send them…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Sixth formers to move to site of UTC that never opened

An £8 million site that was purpose-built for a University Technical College that never opened will finally be brought…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Ofsted Annual Report: 65 inadequate schools STILL not converted after 17 months

Over 60 schools branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted 17 months ago have still not been taken over by an academy…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted: More challenging KS2 SATs are leaving poorer pupils behind

Harder key stage 2 SATs have resulted in a wider attainment gap between children on free meals and their…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofsted annual report: Religious schools increasingly ‘flouting’ British values

A growing number of private religious schools are “deliberately flouting British values and equalities law”, Ofsted has said. According…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted annual report: RI schools fail to improve at record levels

The proportion of schools that recovered from a ‘requires improvement’ grade this year was the lowest on record, Ofsted…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted annual report: 130 schools not rated ‘good’ for over a decade

The schools watchdog has identified 130 schools that have not been rated ‘good’ for over 10 years, despite investment…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

EPI: Primary pupils have ‘long tail of underperformance’ in maths

The gap between the highest and lowest achievers at primary schools in England is larger than in all but…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg