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Police launch fraud inquiry at Baverstock Academy

Police are investigating an alleged fraud at a Birmingham school set to close later this year after falling into…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Unions won’t go easy on grammar plans to win funding deal

England’s teaching and leadership unions have reiterated their opposition to plans to expand selective schools amid rumours that ministers…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Primary schools forced to re-advertise headteacher roles

Primary schools are struggling to fill headships and are readvertising top roles at more than double the rate of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Schools invited to express interest in new £140m improvement fund

Schools can now register an expression of interest in getting some of a new £140 million improvement funding pot…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Schools cut books and SEND spending as funding pressures bite

Teachers have reported cuts to spending on books, ICT, SEND provision, and non-EBacc subjects in their schools, in a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Over 40 schools allowed to stop daily Christian worship

More than 40 schools have sought exemptions in the past 18 months from the legal requirement to provide a…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Leicester must create 2,200 school places – in just one year

Some councils must expand their school capacity by 12 per cent in the next 18 months to meet demand…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government ‘propping up’ free schools with loans

The government has been accused of propping up under-subscribed free schools with “interest-free loans”, while academies and council schools…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Film company targets ‘grammar teachers’ in recruitment video

Grammar school teachers are being singled out to feature in a “government-led” TV campaign, although the Department for Education…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government makes SATs an easier ride after ‘fiasco’ last year

The government has simplified questions in this year’s primary SATs after reports that last year’s tests left pupils in…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Home Office doesn’t know how many foreign teachers face deportation under new £35k salary rules

Officials are unable to say how many foreign teachers face deportation under new immigration rules that require them to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A UTC that outsourced teaching says government knew about deal

A specialist vocational school that outsourced its teaching has been handed a financial notice to improve, although it says…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden