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1 in 5 sixth form colleges starts academy conversion process

A fifth of sixth form colleges have already sent formal proposals to convert to academy status, the academies minister…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Greening’s £3.5m research hub fund open to ‘opportunity area’ schools

Schools in England’s 12 new opportunity areas will be able to bid to become ‘research schools’ and split a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Consider scrapping KS2 teacher-marked writing tests, says Ofsted director

The government should consider scrapping teacher assessments of writing at key stage 2, a senior Ofsted official has said….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools put in special measures at ‘top-performing’ WCAT

A “top-performing” trust handed extra government cash to takeover failing schools must now focus on transforming two of its…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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College of Teaching officially opens its doors for members

The Chartered College of Teaching has today officially opened its doors for new members to join. The college, headed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools in six more areas to get ‘opportunity’ funding

The government will extend its ‘opportunity areas’ programme to fund schools and councils in six more places – claiming it will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Ormiston chief Toby Salt takes top role at exam board AQA

An academy trust chief executive will resign from the role to take up the top job at exam board…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Check job applicants’ school background, MPs tell employers

Employers should judge the educational attainment of job applicants in the context of their schools’ average performance scores to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Language exchange trips ‘killed’ off by safeguarding worries and costs

Schools trying to organise language exchange trips face increasing hurdles including costs, visas and “unclear” government guidance on safeguarding,…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Sixth form funding ‘tight’, admits Nick Gibb

In a departure from the government’s usual firm dismissals on a lack of funding, Nick Gibb has admitted that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers confirm sugar tax will be ringfenced for school sports

Ministers have confirmed that funding from a tax on sugary soft drinks will continue to be ring-fenced for school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Review launched after ‘more than half’ of primary school pupils with language disorders not identified

A new inquiry has been launched to discover why speech and language disorders are going unidentified in the majority…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg