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Ofsted still not ready to scrap ‘outstanding’ grade

Ofsted is still not ready to decide on the scrapping of the “outstanding” grade, more than a year after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Review ‘fragmented’ support for SEND and low-achieving pupils, says think-tank

The government must urgently review the “fragmented” support for low-achieving pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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DfE announces pilot programmes to encourage flexible working in schools

The government has announced new pilot programmes to help support more part-time teaching in schools, in an effort to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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AET in talks to take over new primary schools despite ‘paused’ status

The largest multi-academy trust in the country is in talks to take on new schools for the first time…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Be wary of dropping grade boundaries in new maths GCSEs warns NCETM

Dropping the grade boundaries for the newly reformed maths GCSEs will negatively affect the perception of the subject, according…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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MAT plans 4 free schools to tackle ‘inadequate’ alternative provision

A multi-academy trust is hoping to improve Lincolnshire’s “inadequate” alternative provision by moving pupils into four new institutions. Wellspring…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Government ‘developing fundamental British values curriculum’

The Department for Education is developing a “fundamental British values curriculum” aimed at helping teachers train pupils to resist…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School leaders lack time to vet mental health services, CQC warns

The majority of primary and secondary schools offer counselling to support children’s mental wellbeing, but school leaders lack the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Academies annual accounts: 6 things we’ve learned about academy finances

The Department for Education has for the first time published consolidated annual report and accounts for the academies sector….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NAO gives ‘qualified’ opinion on DfE’s first academies accounts

The Department for Education’s first consolidated annual report and accounts for the academies sector has been met with a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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More non-EBacc teacher training places needed following drop in entries

More trainee teachers will be needed for non-EBacc subjects than expected next year, a government report has admitted –…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Wayland Academy Norfolk issued with funding termination warning

An academy in Norfolk will have its funding stopped and be re-brokered to a new sponsor if it doesn’t…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker