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South west RSC Rebecca Clark resigns to join Ark academy chain

The regional schools commissioner for the south west of England Rebecca Clark is to leave her role at the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Trojan Horse: NCTL drops disciplinary case against 5 teachers

Disciplinary proceedings against five teachers caught up in the Trojan Horse scandal in Birmingham have been thrown out after…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Four in five reject Tory plan to lift faith admissions cap

Plans to lift the cap on faith-based admissions at over-subscribed free schools are opposed by four fifths of the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Tory plan to ban school expansions is ‘not feasible’, experts warn

The Conservative pledge to ban councils from creating new places in schools graded below ‘good’ by Ofsted is not…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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MAT for excluded pupils allowed to expand despite worst Ofsted

A multi-academy trust for excluded pupils will take over a failing school even though Ofsted rated its first school…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Scaled-up literacy scheme fails to produce positive results

A scaled-up scheme to train teaching assistants to deliver literacy interventions to struggling pupils has not produced the positive…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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‘Doughnut’ catchment areas could be new Tory plan

If elected, the Conservatives could change school admissions to allow recruitment of pupils from further afield, using what is…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Affluent pupils less likely to go to university if they do National Citizen Service

Poorer pupils are more likely to go to university if they do the government’s flagship National Citizen Service (NCS),…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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First medical needs-only MAT to open

Two hospital schools will join forces to become the first medical-needs-only multi-academy trust, after turning down offers from mainstream…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Conservatives promise new routes to becoming a teacher

Schools could get additional funding to train their teaching assistants up to degree level using a new apprenticeship route…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Political visits in schools can be ruled unlawful

Schools that host campaign visits from politicians risk breaking the law or charity rules if they don’t act with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exam board apologises over Romeo & Juliet gaffe in GCSE English exam

A mistake in a GCSE English literature paper will not put pupils at a disadvantage, the exam board OCR…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker