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DfE ‘drags its feet’ on academies report

Ministers have been accused of dragging their feet over the publication of a key academies document that will reveal…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Floreat’s financial woes flag small trust concerns

Financial difficulties that have forced an academy chain founded by one of the government’s education advisers to consider a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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What schools need to know about collecting census nationality data

Changes to the school census that require the collection of data on pupils’ country of birth and nationality are back on…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Five schools unveiled as regional research hubs

Five schools across England will be given a share of £2.5 million to become education research hubs for their…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Theresa May pledges to lift ban on grammar schools

The government will lift the ban on opening new grammar schools, the prime minister has announced, pre-empting the outcome of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unions consider legal challenge to grammar school ‘get-out clause’

Unions are preparing to challenge the government’s ‘grammar school get-out clause’ over claims that it is not a correct…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Education secretary announces £60m ‘opportunity areas’

The creation of new ‘opportunity areas’ across England will see £60 million spent on school improvement, teacher support and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust health checks will be rolled out from January, schools commissioner reveals

The schools commissioner has started piloting multi-academy trust “health checks” and revealed his full masterplan to ensure chains don’t…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Four things we learned from Nicky Morgan at Conservative conference

Nicky Morgan gave Conservative Party Conference delegates a rare insight into her time as education secretary when she addressed a fringe event…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE faces legal battle over RSC’s decision

The government has been warned that it is vulnerable to further legal action over a lack of “structure and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Reforms blamed for ‘record backlog’ in special educational needs tribunals

The government is facing a huge “backlog” in special education tribunals after a sharp rise in appeals, which campaigners…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Founders of Christian faith school resign after secular takeover

The founders of a Christian-ethos free school have resigned as trustees, citing anger at the government’s “lack of protection”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg