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Councils paid £100k to write to parents about UTCs

The government has handed out more than £100,000 in funding to councils to enable them to write to parents…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Asbestos ‘significant cause for concern’ in over 100 schools

Nearly one in five schools are failing to manage asbestos properly – with the government having to intervene in…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Kathy Kirkham resigns as chief executive of Bright Tribe

The chief executive of Bright Tribe academy trust, Kathy Kirkham, has resigned. Kirkham has stood down from her role…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Bid to force ‘hostile’ schools to promote technical education succeeds

A cross-party bid to force “hostile” schools to give colleges and apprenticeship providers access to their pupils to promote…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government drops ‘fast-track’ ECDL qualification from league tables

The government has dropped the controversial ECDL qualification from its performance league tables from 2019 following gaming concerns. Investigations…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofqual ‘extremely cautious’ about more primary testing changes

The government should be “extremely cautious” about further changes to primary assessment, Ofqual’s chief regulator has told MPs. Sally Collier…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Unfilled places and £30m land deals – NAO takes aim at free schools

The government has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ money on its flagship free school project after an investigation found…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NAO capital funding report: £6.7bn needed to rebuild crumbling schools, and 8 other key findings

The National Audit Office today published its report into capital funding for schools. We have the nine key findings….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Oasis director Andy Yarrow appointed chief executive of CfBT Schools Trust

The CfBT multi-academy trust has appointed a senior director from Oasis Community Learning as its new chief executive, with…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Give schools 12-month warning on policy changes, and 5 other education committee ideas to solve recruitment crisis

The education select committee has published its teacher retention and recruitment inquiry today. The report gives a number of…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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MPs call for national CPD ‘annual entitlement’ to boost teacher retention rates

The government should roll out an annual entitlement of continual professional development (CPD) for all teachers to boost retention rates,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government reviews pupil nationality check guidance after schools’ passport demands

The government has beefed up official guidance for the controversial pupil nationality data collection duty after schools wrongly demanded…

John Dickens
John Dickens