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Schools struggle as autism diagnoses rise 25 per cent

Schools are “struggling” to provide for autistic pupils following a 25 per cent increase in autism diagnoses in the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Christmas appeal: literacy charity Hackney Pirates needs help to get shipshape again

Schools Week is making a Christmas appeal for our readers to help an education charity that was left “shipwrecked”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE had agreement to share pupil nationality data with Home Office

The Department for Education (DfE) did have an agreement in place to share pupil nationality data with the Home…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted to scrutinise governors’ commitment after report found many lack expertise to challenge heads

Ofsted will keep tabs on governors not committed to their roles after the watchdog found many lack the expertise…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Exam re-mark requests plummet after Ofqual reforms

The number of exam grades that were changed after being re-marked has dropped by 25 per cent this year,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Primary school key stage 2 performance tables: 8 key progress findings

Pupils in primary schools across the country vary in their progress – under the government’s new value-added measure –…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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2016 key stage 2 SATs: Fewer primary schools below floor standards

Fewer primary schools fell below the new “floor standards” this year compared with last – overturning the government’s expectation…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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First sixth form college and academy trust merger planned

The first merger between a sixth-form college and an academy trust is on the cards after the submission of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Plymouth CAST academy trust issued warning notice after leadership failings

An under-fire academy trust has been given a warning notice and told to urgently improve, just weeks after an…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Explainer: How schools will be funded under the new national formula

The government has today published further details about its new national funding formula. Schools Week has taken a closer…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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National funding formula: the winners and losers by school type

Schools in inner London and urban areas are most likely to lose out in the government’s funding shake-up. The…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Primary test reforms are ‘some of the worst ever seen’, MPs told by teachers

The implementation of primary assessment reforms has been “some of the worst ever seen” despite “strong competition” for the label,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg