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A-level and 16-19 results 2017: UTCs get lowest average score

The government has released provisional A-level data, and other 16-to-18 results, which reveals how schools have fared in accountability…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Savings still not found to give schools £1.3bn, DfE admits

The government still hasn’t found all the savings it needs to give schools the additional £1.3 billion funding it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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EBacc results 2017: Entries drop as academies perform strongest

The government has released provisional key stage 4 data this morning that reveals how schools have fared in headline…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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EBacc: Entry and achievement rates down

The proportion of pupils entering and achieving the EBacc has fallen this year, government data shows. In 2017, 38.1…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Sutton Trust: 2 in 5 pupils do no extracurricular activity

Almost two in five secondary school pupils don’t take part in any extracurricular activities, revealing a “big mismatch” between…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Headteacher board elections: the results

The Department for Education has announced the winners of the second elections to its headteacher boards. The eight boards…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Gibb blasted for ‘lack of action’ on sexual harassment in schools

Guidance for schools on dealing with sexual harassment is to be reviewed again, Nick Gibb has said, after he…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Ofsted publishes curriculum review preliminary findings

Schools are narrowing the primary curriculum by placing “too great a focus” on preparing for SATs, an investigation by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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T-Levels: New post-16 ‘education and childcare’ vocational route announced

“Education and childcare” will be one of the first new post-16 routes into technical education, the Department for Education revealed…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Revealed: New sponsors for WCAT’s schools

New sponsors for the 21 schools given up by the troubled Wakefield City Academies Trust have been provisionally named….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RSC pushed to rebroker WCAT schools NINE months before official announcements

The regional schools commissioner first pushed to remove schools from Wakefield City Academies trust in December 2016, though it…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Government approves new teacher apprenticeship

The government has officially rubber-stamped proposals for a new apprenticeship for teachers, Schools Week can reveal. The Institute for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker