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Bright Tribe in discussions over future of northern schools

The Bright Tribe academy trust is in discussions with the government about walking away from all of its schools…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Manchester Creative Studio School faces closure

A studio school in Manchester plagued with financial and performance problems since it opened in 2014 faces closure after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exam special consideration requests up 19%

Ofqual has reported a dramatic 19 per cent rise in the number of requests for special consideration in the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Barnardo’s: 40% of teachers can’t identify a young carer in class

Four in 10 teachers are not able to identify a young carer in their class, children’s charity Barnardo’s has…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Floreat and Avanti Trust seek to merge

An academy trust founded by a minister is considering a merger with another chain after it admitted that it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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National Citizen Service faces staffing challenge as programme for schools grows

Finding enough staff to care for and ensure the safeguarding of pupils on the National Citizen Service is a…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Carter and Agnew at education committee: 6 things we learned

The parliamentary education committee spent almost two hours grilling the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter and the academies…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted confirms changes to short inspections following consultation

Ofsted has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to change the way it carries out short inspections of…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Government funding boss orders academy trusts to justify executive pay

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has written to the trustees of academy trusts with just one school that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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PIRLS 2016: Well-stocked libraries don’t improve reading scores

A well-stocked school library has little impact on English pupils’ reading skills, according to an international literacy study. Year…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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PIRLS 2016: England rises up the ranks in international reading measure

England has come eighth out of 50 countries in an international reading test – and the government says its…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Careers strategy: The 4 main proposals for schools

The government has published details of its long-awaited careers strategy. Here are the main proposals for schools. 1. Dedicated…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker