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Teacher recruitment worries deepen after Brexit immigration plan leaked

A leaked government plan for post-Brexit immigration has revealed tougher rules which, if implemented, will worsen the current teacher…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Too few reception pupils are ready for school, heads claim

The vast majority of headteachers do not believe their reception pupils are “school-ready”, according to a survey by the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Parental backlash forces academy trust to abandon school closure

England’s largest academy chain has abandoned plans to close a town’s only secondary school after a backlash from parents….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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One in 10 Kent schools don’t have a headteacher

A tenth of Kent schools have been forced to begin the new academic year without a headteacher in place,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Former head guilty of £100,000 fraud and having sex in school

A former academy headteacher who defrauded his school of £100,000, had sex in his office and drank alcohol in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Top universities reluctant to sponsor struggling schools

The UK’s most prestigious universities are turning down chances to sponsor struggling schools through the government’s academies programme, research…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Mixed-ability classes barely exist in schools, researchers find

Teaching pupils in mixed-ability groups is so unpopular that researchers struggled to find enough examples to complete a recent…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE advertises ‘school improvement’ roles for RSC office

The Department for Education is advertising for “school improvement” roles at a regional schools commissioner’s office, a move that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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University-backed academy trust criticised for overseeing weak teaching

The Education Central Multi Academy Trust has been ordered to improve its teaching and school improvement “urgently”, after Ofsted…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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St Olave’s u-turn on pupil exclusions

A grammar school ejecting pupils in the middle of their A-levels has backtracked on its severe exclusions policy, saying…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Media studies exam specification delays leave schools in the dark

Schools are unsure what they should teach their media studies pupils this term, following delays to the sign-off of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pioneering London academy absorbed by Harris Federation

One of the country’s first ever academies has been taken over by a major London academy chain, after it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson