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Head of unregistered private school banned from teaching over safeguarding concerns

The head of an unregistered private school in Birmingham has been banned from teaching after inspectors repeatedly raised safeguarding issues…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Carillion, construction firm that works in hundreds of schools, to go into liquidation

A firm that provides facilities maintenance, cleaning and catering services to hundreds of schools is to go into liquidation,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Suffolk schools to lose millions as council plans free transport cut

Opposition is mounting against plans to cancel free transport from thousands of children, amid claims it will cost some…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Harris to move alternative provision pupils to new vocational school site

Harris has announced plans to move its Aspire AP academy, which caters for pupils at risk of exclusion, onto…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE fails to hit female leadership coaching target

The Department for Education is almost a year behind on its target to link 1,000 women teachers with 1,000…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Gloucestershire grammar schools accused of growing ‘by the back door’

Grammar schools in Gloucestershire are expanding “through the back door” by increasing their pupil admission numbers, a furious local…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Damian Hinds: The new sheriff in town

Damian Hinds, the Oxford-educated MP for East Hampshire, is the new education secretary, after a reshuffle that saw Justine…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust with ‘very small’ schools warned over ‘limited capacity’ for improvement

A church-led academy trust in Leicester has been warned it has “limited capacity” to improve its schools because many…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Confusion reigns over secretive ‘selective schools team’

Confusion reigns over whether there is a specific team for grammar schools at the Department for Education. Officials are…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Primary schools are being asked to trial lessons in identifying ‘fake news’

The battle against fake news is about to make its way into classrooms, as primary schools are sought for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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School catering staff feel excluded, undervalued and poorly trained

Over a third of school caterers feel excluded as members of staff and more than a quarter feel undervalued,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Sponsors confirmed for 11 WCAT schools

Sponsors for 11 schools run by the failed Wakefield City Academies Trust have been confirmed by the government, but…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg