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Regional schools commissioner league tables 2014-15

After a six-month battle with the government, Schools Week has obtained the data used by ministers to assess the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Brooke Weston academy trust invests £1m in stocks

Entrepreneurial academy trusts are taking advantage of their cash freedoms to make six-figure profits by investing in stocks and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Teaching apprenticeships: the new school direct?

Ministers are drawing up plans for an apprenticeship route into teaching that could replace current on-the-job training schemes, Schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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No council cash for new free schools in Manchester

Manchester City Council is refusing to budget for three of the four free schools due to open in the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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RSC performance measure quietly dropped

The government stopped judging regional commissioners on how many schools in their regions were in need of an academy…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Brett Wigdortz to step down as Teach First chief executive

Teach First founder Brett Wigdortz will step down as chief executive of the teacher training charity at the end…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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NASUWT claim most teachers miss out on 1% pay rise

Almost six in ten teachers will not get this year’s government proposed pay rise, capped at 1 per cent,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted ‘fatally neglecting’ PSHE and sex education, say humanists

Ofsted inspectors have been accused of “fatally neglecting” the scrutiny of PSHE and sex education in schools after a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE bottom of the class for information request punctuality

The Department for Education (DfE) has been ranked bottom of the class for punctuality in responding on time to…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Hand back school admissions control to councils, says OSA chief

Plans to strip academies of their school admission powers and hand them back to councils should be sped up,…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Computing, Mandarin and general science teachers added to official job shortage list

The government’s Migration Advisory Committee wants three more secondary teacher subjects added to the official shortage list – but…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ministers review incentives and consider ‘toughening Ofsted’ over school career advice

Incentives for schools to offer better careers advice will be reviewed and tougher Ofsted guidance considered as the government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker