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Academy chain leader ‘won’t rule out’ expansion of grammar streams

A Wiltshire academy that started a “grammar stream”, giving a small group of children access to specialist teachers and lectures…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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MAT league tables 2016: Over half of trusts “significantly below average”, and 5 other findings

More than half of established multi-academy trusts fell “significantly below” the average for pupil progress, with a host of…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Amanda Spielman appoints former Nicky Morgan special adviser to Ofsted

Amanda Spielman, new head of Ofsted, has appointed Nicky Morgan’s former special adviser to her team. Luke Tryl, who…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Investigation: How have poorer pupils performed in GCSEs at flagship schools?

Flagship school types promoted by the government are falling behind in boosting the progress of poorer pupils, a Schools…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Progress 8 results 2016: Gibb hails schools for narrowing attainment gap

Schools minister Nick Gibb has praised schools for closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, as…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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1 in 5 sixth form colleges starts academy conversion process

A fifth of sixth form colleges have already sent formal proposals to convert to academy status, the academies minister…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney


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Greening’s £3.5m research hub fund open to ‘opportunity area’ schools

Schools in England’s 12 new opportunity areas will be able to bid to become ‘research schools’ and split a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Consider scrapping KS2 teacher-marked writing tests, says Ofsted director

The government should consider scrapping teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, a senior Ofsted official has said….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools put in special measures at ‘top-performing’ WCAT

A “top-performing” trust handed extra government cash to takeover failing schools must now focus on transforming two of its…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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College of Teaching officially opens its doors for members

The Chartered College of Teaching has today officially opened its doors for new members to join. The college, headed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools in six more areas to get ‘opportunity’ funding

The government will extend its ‘opportunity areas’ programme to fund schools and councils in six more places – claiming it will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ormiston chief Toby Salt takes top role at exam board AQA

An academy trust chief executive will resign from the role to take up the top job at exam board…

John Dickens
John Dickens