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Matrix Academy Trust ordered to review governance after ESFA investigation

The Matrix Academy Trust has been ordered to review its governance arrangements and financial management after a government review…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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How Schools Week complained about a job advert and uncovered a strange situation

A misleading job advert targeting prospective teaching assistants has been removed by the company responsible after pressure from Schools…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Subject choices are guided by enjoyment and usefulness over difficulty, Ofqual research finds

Subject difficulty is “the lesser of three concerns” for pupils when choosing what to study, a report by the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Harris academy chain to build 100 homes for teachers

The Harris Federation, one of the largest multi-academy trusts, is planning to build up to 100 homes in partnership…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools can invite Katie Hopkins to speak, says Prevent expert

Schools can invite Katie Hopkins to talk to older pupils if speakers with opposing political views are also invited…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government delays land valuations — leaving schools to foot the bill

The government has pushed back a planned valuation of academy land and buildings until January, leaving some schools facing…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Leeds Trinity and Hertfordshire University to create teacher ‘degree apprenticeships’

Two universities will receive government funding to develop a teacher ‘degree apprenticeship’, as hinted by Justine Greening in her…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Ofqual rules 2016 SATs reading test was ‘unduly hard’

The key stage 2 reading test was probably “unduly hard” for pupils with low attainment and special educational needs…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Halfon: ‘Cut pupil premium for schools that don’t promote apprenticeships’

Schools that fail to send pupils into apprenticeships should lose some of their pupil premium funding, the chair of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Scrapped teacher training caps a blow for rural providers

Rural teacher training providers will “suffer” when caps on teacher training places are lifted next year, experts have warned….

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Old UTC lease prevents children from using new school building

An academy trust is negotiating with its local council after it discovered the lease it recently acquired for a…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Maths teacher bursaries rise £10,000, but they’ll get less upfront

The maximum bursary on offer to new maths teachers is to increase by £10,000, but the amount mathematicians will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker