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DfE to review ‘disproportionate’ exclusions of certain ethnicities

The Department for Education is to launch an external review into the links between pupil ethnicity and exclusions, focusing…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Headteacher outcry after £7m SEND pot assigned to academy expansion

A group of headteachers have written to their council, challenging its proposal to spend almost £30 million on expanding…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Excluded pupils twice as likely to have unqualified teachers, report finds

Excluded pupils are twice as likely to be taught by an unqualified or supply teacher when they reach their…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools are meeting more careers advice benchmarks

Schools are falling short of government-endorsed standards for good careers advice, despite a slight improvement in recent years, new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teaching apprenticeship rumoured to launch this week

A teaching apprenticeship for graduates is due to be announced this week, Schools Week understands, but it will only be…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Opportunity area plans – what do schools need to know?

The government has released plans for the first six of its “opportunity areas”. The plans set out how each…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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DfE tightens grip on curriculum with new policy jobs

The government appears to be tightening its grip on what is taught in schools, and is advertising three senior…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Schools open 3-year sixth forms to boost pupil numbers

Schools have begun to offer three-year stints in sixth form to pupils whose grades are too low to start…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Greening reveals projects in first 6 ‘opportunity areas’

Independent partnership boards will be set up to boost children’s attainment in six of the government’s ‘opportunity areas’, according…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Defence secretary announces more state school cadet units

The defence secretary has announced that 31 new cadet units will open in state schools – but Schools Week…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Some multi academy trusts move to synchronise exam boards

Academy trusts across the country are making all of their schools use the same exam board in a move…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Council demands sport facilities from two academies to lift UTC restrictions

A council wants two schools to open their sports facilities up for public use at the end of the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross