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Religious studies allocation scuppers plans for Jewish free school

The government has rejected a bid to open a Jewish free school in London after criticising its plans to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE recruits team of behavioural scientists

The Department for Education is recruiting a team of “behavioural insights” experts to aid ministers in their policymaking decisions….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Travel costs to send students from closing UTC to Silverstone hit £100k

The government is to stump up thousands of pounds in travel costs to send children from a closing university…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Autism diagnosis can cause other special needs to be ‘neglected’

Schools are struggling to support the rising numbers of pupils diagnosed with autism because the label means other learning…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government writes off £800,000 of free school funding

The government has written off £800,000 it was unable to claw back from free schools. Schools Week revealed last…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Catholic Church will take government to court over school admissions letters from priests

The Catholic church is set to take the government to court early this year over its decision to reject…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


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Ofsted ignores more than 100 schools for a decade

More than 1,200 schools in England have not had a full Ofsted inspection in seven years, with more than…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Wakefield trust walkout leaves special measures school in six-year limbo

A second trust given a slice of £5 million northern academy hub funding has walked away from a school…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Most council-maintained schools shouldn’t pay apprenticeship levy, ministers claim

Ministers have slapped down the Local Government Association (LGA) over calls for small schools to be “exempt” from the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School places left out of plans for garden villages

Tens of thousands of homes are to be built in new self-sufficient “garden villages” and towns across England, but…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Identifying Trojan Horse witnesses would put off future whistleblowers, warns union

Teachers would be discouraged from coming forward to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in schools if the government breaks…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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School improvement ‘failing’ at University of Chester Academies Trust, says Ofsted

A university-backed academy trust has been criticised by Ofsted for failing in its school improvement strategies and “below average”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker