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Teaching misconduct: Sexual impropriety dominates lifetime bans

Three quarters of teachers banned from the profession for life last year were excluded for sexual misconduct – with…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Ofsted to ‘publicly acknowledge’ work of school management teams

Ofsted is to take steps to “publicly acknowledge” the work of entire school management teams, to address a tendency…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Help us tackle inspection culture of fear’ – Ofsted chief’s plea to heads

The schools community has a “collective responsibility” to tackle the “culture of fear” surrounding inspections, the chief inspector has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trusts ‘not the only answer’ to inter-school collaboration, RSC admits

Multi-academy trusts are “not going to be the only answer” to collaboration between schools “any time soon, if ever”,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: The free school ‘advisors’ worth £100 million

The government has spent almost £100 million on advice for free school projects over the past three years, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Bright Tribe Trust abandons failing school with ‘increasing financial deficit’

Bright Tribe Trust has backed out of a failing school in Northumberland that it was supposed to convert into…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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DfE to draft clearer home education guidance

The government will revise its guidance on home education, the academies minister Lord Agnew has said. According to the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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£20m crack team of digital specialists to help solve teacher workload

A crack team of digital specialists will be set up in the heart of government to encourage education technology…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools that engage with parents boost pupil progress, report reveals

Training school staff to help the parents of disadvantaged children to get more involved in their education helps learning…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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NAHT: Senior leader recruitment getting even worse

Schools are increasingly struggling to recruit senior leaders, with the proportion of heads failing to hire a new assistant…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE reprimanded by stats watchdog for sharing protected data with unauthorised staff

The Department for Education has received its second reprimand from the UK Statistics Authority in two months, after it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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MP escorted out of failing Bright Tribe academy

An MP who is calling for a controversial academy trust to withdraw from a failing school has been physically…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney