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Experienced teachers less likely to trust Ofsted, and five more attitude survey findings

Teachers are less likely to trust Ofsted the longer they have worked in schools, a new survey has found….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Temporary RSC waves through 21 academy conversions (with just 2 board members)

A regional schools commissioner who temporarily stepped in to preside over another area has agreed 21 academy conversions and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Children do better if their family attends parents’ evenings

Pupils score three points higher in verbal reasoning tests if they have a parent who attends parents’ evenings, research…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Performance-related pay costs too much for excellent schools, says CEO

Headteachers in the best schools can be “disincentivised” to strive for top grades because they do not have enough…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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£1.3bn extra funding is ‘just a sticking plaster’, MPs warn

The government stands accused of offering schools a “sticking plaster” by “robbing Peter to pay Paul” after it announced…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Free schools and healthy pupil scheme suffer under £1.3 billion funding boost

The education secretary has pledged to deliver free schools in a more “cost-effective” manner so she can divert savings…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Justine Greening pledges additional £1.3 billion for school funding

Justine Greening has announced £1.3 billion of additional funding for schools over the next two years – promising to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Lucy Powell joins two teachers in education committee line-up

The former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell has been elected to serve on the education select committee alongside two…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Homework contracts raise standards, report claims

Schools should establish homework contracts with parents to set out everyone’s responsibilities in making sure it gets done, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Revealed: Sub-regional improvement boards set up to advise RSCs

The government has brought local authorities back into the fold as part of new “sub-regional improvement boards” set up…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Education has ‘done nothing’ to improve social mobility

Education has “not done anything” to improve social mobility and has made inequality worse, according to the education economist…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Sheffield school to sack TAs then rehire as ‘teaching fellows’

A primary school in Sheffield wants to sack the majority of its teaching assistants before rehiring them as “fellows”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden