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Key stage 2 SATs results: 61% achieve ‘expected standard’

Sixty one per cent of pupils achieved the government’s “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths in this year’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Scaled scores for 2017 key stage 2 SATs announced

Note (added July 10 2018): Here are the 2018 scaled scores for key stage 2 SATs. The Department for Education…

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Schools Week Reporter
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Academy facing ‘crippling’ £21 million PFI costs will now close

A struggling academy facing “crippling” PFI repayments of £21 million will now close, it has been confirmed. Schools Week…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Nick Gibb takes on SRE reform in expanded ministerial role

The schools minister Nick Gibb has been given an expanded role at the Department for Education, with the additional…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Simon Lebus resigns as Cambridge Assessment chief executive

Simon Lebus, group chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, will stand down from the role after 15 years at the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools face hefty fines for data breaches under new EU laws

Schools face having to free up a teacher to work three days every week on EU data protection issues,…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Academy boss: 20 schools is ‘too small’ for a multi-academy trust

Twenty schools is “too small” for a multi-academy trust because they will not be able to fund the training…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Grammar supporters ‘wrong’ to think reasoning paper can’t be learned, says neuroscientist

People who say it is fairer to test pupils on non-verbal reasoning for grammar school entrance are “completely wrong”…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ark drops plans to expand teacher training programme in north

Academy chain Ark has abandoned ambitious plans to scale-up a new teacher training partnership with two trusts in the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Detentions are a kind of ‘violence’ against pupils, says expert

Detentions were “a kind of violence” against pupils, said a conflict expert during a heated panel debate on pupil…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools must plan curriculum and be able to show inspectors, says Harford

Schools will need to show they have “designed” their curriculum and whether it helps pupils to be upwardly socially…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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UTCs want ‘best fit’ pupils

The organisation that oversees the ailing university technical college (UTC) programme has called on school leaders to “assess” which…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden