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A deep dive into Progress 8 and disadvantage

The Department for Education released its revised GCSE results for the 2016-17 exams on January 25, and Schools Week…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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How Progress 8 disguises grammar school pupils’ true performance

Grammar school pupils are not making as much progress as official figures suggest, according to new research into the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Warrington UTC enrages neighbouring schools by ‘poaching’ pupils

A university technical college in Cheshire has infuriated local schools after it invited its 2018 intake to start this…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: Failing schools that received emergency cash

An emergency government funding pot for schools “in danger of imminent failure” handed out £2.6 million to 29 schools…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Wild disparity between PISA tests taken on paper and PC

Pupils taking international aptitude tests have scored much worse since organisers switched from paper exams to a computer-based system…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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DfE looking at Ofsted and RSC overlap

The government is actively discussing whether the “overlap” between Ofsted and the regional schools commissioners (RSC) represents “value for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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London headteacher suspended after fraud arrest

The headteacher of a Catholic boys’ school in London has been suspended after he was arrested on suspicion of…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: The hidden cost of free schools

Free schools have cost on average almost three times as much to open as the government originally predicted, according…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Baker Clause: MATs failing to meet new rules

Only two of the 10 largest multi-academy trusts in England have fully complied with their new legal duty to…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Pupil progress declines at UTCs

Pupils studying at university technical colleges are making less progress than they did a year ago. Data published by…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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MAT league tables 2017: The best and worst performers, and 4 other findings

More than half of MATs fell below the average for Progress 8 performance measures last year, despite a slight…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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David Meller takes ‘leave of absence’ from his own academy trust

David Meller, the organiser of the disgraced Presidents Club charity dinner, is taking a “leave of absence” from the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker