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Corbyn: Labour will let councils build new schools and take over academies

A Labour government will let councils open and run new schools and take over academies, Jeremy Corbyn has told…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Corbyn: We are brave enough to reverse £3bn school cuts

Labour wants to reverse the £3 billion cuts to school budgets, Jeremy Corbyn has told headteachers. The Labour leader…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School business leaders ‘not sleeping at night’ over funding cuts

School business leaders are losing sleep over cuts to their funding which are prompting redundancies, larger classes and sixth…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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A-level language grades will increase to correct historic undergrading

Grade boundaries in modern foreign language (MFL) A-levels will be adjusted to take “native speakers” into account for the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Heads consider shortening school week in protest over cuts

Heads will consider running a four-and-a-half-day school week, refusing to submit their budgets and running a deficit in a…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Election ‘highly likely’ to delay national funding formula, NAHT warns

The upcoming snap election could cause the national funding formula to be “delayed or abandoned”, the National Association of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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The academy chains given £10m ‘northern powerhouse’ cash – but failed to help any schools

Academy trusts handed cash over a year ago to transform failing schools in the north have yet to take…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Election disrupts free school funding agreements

Pre-election “purdah” has put the brakes on the government’s free schools policy, with a number of institutions due to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ofsted removes date from new ‘good’ logo – but why?

Ofsted has removed the dates of inspection from revamped promotional logos for good and outstanding schools, but has denied…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Low ratings for grammar-sponsored academies

Half of academies sponsored by grammar schools are rated as requiring improvement or inadequate, casting doubt on the effectiveness…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Heads leave large multi-academy trusts faster than other school types

Falling retenion rates mean one in ten secondary headteachers now leave their roles every year, a new analysis has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Private school fees rise again, and 3 more ISC census findings

The Independent Schools Council has today published its annual census. Schools Week has the key findings: 1. Private school…

John Dickens
John Dickens