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ECDL dropped from 2018 league tables – 12 months earlier than planned

The ‘fast-track’ ECDL qualification will be dropped from league tables in 2018 – a year earlier than previously announced….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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MPs: Government showing ‘collective delusion’ over funding cuts

The government have a “collective delusion” about the scope for further cuts in schools, the Public Accounts Committee has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE introduces two-tier GCSE pass rate: ‘standard’ and ‘strong’

The government has abandoned its plan to make a grade 5 the new ‘good’ GCSE pass grade which was…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Chief executive appointed at DfE’s new £2bn free school property company

Property management consultancy boss Lara Newman MBE has been announced as the chief executive of the Department for Education’s…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Goodbye, Education Funding Agency. Hello, Education & Skills Funding Agency

The Education Funding and Skills Funding Agencies are merging and Peter Lauener is stepping down as boss of both,…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Schools North East launches mock disciplinary hearings amid dwindling LA support

Schools NorthEast is running mock disciplinary hearings to help headteachers to avoid costly employment tribunals in the face of…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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Nearly half of schools fail to offer work experience to SEND pupils

One in three schools is not offering pupils with special educational needs (SEND) work experience, sidelining “precisely” the young…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Deliver sex education as part of compulsory PSHE say subject leaders

Subject leaders want the government to implement compulsory personal, social, health and economics education (PSHE) at the same time…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Greenwood Academies Trust set to lose two schools

The Greenwood Academies Trust will be stripped of two schools after Ofsted questioned its ability to drive improvement without…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Burgers and weddings: how schools are making money in tight times

Some schools are generating tens of thousands of pounds a year by renting out wedding spaces, hiring out food…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Former trust boss’s new private school closes after six months

A private school set up by the founder of a collapsed academy chain has closed six months after it…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Four academies approved to hire pupils as apprentices and lend staff to train others

Four multi-academy trusts are gearing up to offer jobs to former pupils and send staff to train apprentices in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden