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Councils slash school crossing budgets – despite rising injuries

Councils across the country are slashing their school crossing patrol budgets despite growing pupil numbers and increasing child pedestrian…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Dodgy asbestos surveys costing schools ‘millions’

The government is buying up sites for free schools using out-of-date asbestos surveys, potentially costing the public purse millions…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Don’t take decisions which harm other trusts, Carter warns academy leaders

Academy bosses should not be taking decisions which have a negative impact on other trusts, Sir David Carter has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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ASCL 2017: Justine Greening heckled by heads over grammar plans

School leaders heckled the education secretary Justine Greening today over claims that grammar schools help close the attainment gap…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Education Fellowship trust gives up all 12 schools over poor performance

An academy trust has become the first in the country to give up all its schools, after financial problems…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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£215 million to adapt building for SEND pupils won’t go to most needy

Special needs funding is now being allocated as “a blunt instrument”, with cash handed out based on population growth,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Ofsted drops letters praising ‘exceptional’ heads

Ofsted has dropped a commitment to send letters to headteachers doing an “exceptional turnaround job” at other schools after…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pension row delays Bright Tribe free school takeover

A long-running squabble over a pension deficit has seriously delayed a major multi-academy trust from taking over a failing…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Football club’s free school to close with £500,000 debt

A free school set up by Bolton Wanderers Football Club will close later this year owing the government £500,000…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted announces school curriculum investigation amid gaming ‘scandal’

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is set to announce a major investigation into whether schools are delivering a broad…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Class sizes pushing 40 as cuts bite, union claims

Headteachers are being forced to increase class sizes to cope with funding pressures, with some leaders reporting they are now…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Progress 8 still too similar to old GCSE measure – and 5 other findings from EPI report

Progress 8 is only “slightly” better at assessing the performance of schools fairly, and still has flaws that need…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg