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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
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Grammar school taxis could cost £5k a pupil

Plans to fund free transport for disadvantaged pupils to grammar schools could leave councils and schools out of pocket,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Low-attainers at partially selective schools do worse at GCSE, study finds

Pupils with low prior attainment at partially selective schools are less likely to achieve good GCSEs than those at…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Budget 2017: The 5 things schools need to know

The chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his spring budget in the House of Commons today. Most of the education…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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More heads consider resigning over funding cuts

More experienced headteachers are ready to resign over budget cuts that would “decimate” their schools, it was claimed today….

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Bolton Wanderers Free School to close

A free school set up by Bolton Wanderers Football Club will close at the end of this academic year, less…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted ‘double inspection’ pilot thwarted after inspectors ‘spoke frequently’

Ofsted had to beef up safeguards during its double inspection reliability study after inspectors, who were supposed to independently…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Spielman: Inspection reliability study is ‘just first step’ of Ofsted research push

Amanda Spielman has pledged to continue ‘inspecting the inspectors’ as part of a new Ofsted research drive after publishing…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Budget 2017: Free transport for grammar schools up to 15 miles away

Disadvantaged pupils will be offered free transport to grammar schools up to 15 miles from their home under new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker