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RSC to take ‘unprecedented’ decision on whether a primary can leave its trust

A regional schools commissioner is about to make an “unprecedented” decision on whether a primary school can voluntarily quit…

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Free school that omits arts and humanities rated ‘inadequate’

A free school in Newcastle that does not teach humanities, arts or foreign languages has been branded ‘inadequate’ by…

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Dropping practicals from science A-level grades gets mixed response, says Ofqual report

The reformed science A-levels could be driving higher-ability pupils away from practicals, after mandatory experiments were dropped from the…

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Unions: DfE must ‘fully fund’ schools to offer higher pay rises

Five teaching unions have urged the government to fund pay rises and reject the recent recommendation by the School…

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Ofsted prepares to prosecute four illegal schools which refuse to close

Four illegal schools are refusing to comply with government enforcement notices to cease their operation immediately, forcing Ofsted to…

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DfE toughens up rules over academy trust executive pay

The rules governing academy chief executives’ pay packets are being toughed up as criticism grows over the sizes of…

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Examiners disagree on review marks in 72% of sample scripts

Examiners disagreed with each other on the marks they gave nearly three quarters of the time during a recent…

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DfE leans on free school that entered no Year 11s for GCSEs

The government has threatened to rebroker a free school that was put in special measures after failing to enter…

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Councils open special free schools applications, as more pupils go private

Nineteen local authorities have opened applications to run 19 new special free schools, as new figures reveal that more…

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Jess Staufenberg
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More trainee teachers than ever are entering via school-led route

The proportion of trainee teachers that took the government’s favoured school-route into the profession increased again last year, new…

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Academies overspent by £280m last year

Academies in England overspent by £280 million last year, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education….

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Durand blocked critical Ofsted report to ‘keep EFA at bay’, court told

Durand Academy Trust has been accused of blocking a critical Ofsted inspection report from being published to “keep the…

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