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Three-quarters of primary leaders lack confidence in SATs, survey finds

Three in four school leaders lack confidence in SATs, while half report having received inadequate information to prepare pupils for this…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Brexit will be ‘top challenge’ for schools in coming years

Brexit will be one of the “top challenges” for schools in the next few years, hitting recruitment, funding and…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Meet the teachers running in the General Election 2017

The teacher union activist and Schools Week blog reviewer Emma Hardy (pictured) is among several education professionals selected to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School leaders want £200 funding uplift per sixth-former

School leaders have called on the government to introduce a £200 funding uplift for sixth form students – or…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Teachers ‘unable to prepare’ as DfE drags feet over approved qualifications

The Department for Education has given teachers conflicting messages about when an approved list of 2019 technical and vocational…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Low-attainers ‘harshly’ marked in SATs assessments, study finds

Teachers at high-performing schools mark the work of their lowest-performing pupils more harshly in their SATs assessments, suggests a…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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DfE refuses to release investigations into high-profile academy trusts

Ministers are refusing to release finance investigations into two high-profile academy trusts – one a government “top-performing” chain and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Pupils face 40-mile commute as benefits cap pushes families out of London

Children are travelling up to 40 miles to school as the government’s benefits squeeze pushes families outside the capital….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ofsted inspectors receive no training on secondary moderns

Ofsted inspectors have received no training on secondary modern schools, despite them operating in some of the toughest conditions…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Wakefield City Academies Trust appoints new chief executive

The Wakefield City Academies Trust has appointed a new chief executive to deliver a “renewed focus on teaching and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Grammar schools ditch ‘tutor-proof’ 11-plus provider

Grammar schools in Buckinghamshire have sacked their high-profile 11-plus test provider and reappointed their former supplier. GL Assessment, which…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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RSCs under fire after ordering interventions in coasting schools

Regional schools commissioners are writing to coasting schools to identify specific support, leading critics to suggest they are now…

John Dickens
John Dickens