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Government rapped over removal of IGCSEs from school league tables

The government has been rapped by the statistics watchdog for having a “gap in its coverage” of pupil attainment…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Top school chef axed as government free school meals funding ‘cuts’ bite

A high-profile school chef, who was in the final of a national TV cooking show, has been made redundant after…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools reporting remit widened in missing pupils crackdown

Schools will now have a duty to collect additional details about pupils deemed missing from education – including the…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Prison threat for teachers failing to report abuse means cash for training is needed

The government has been told to stump up more cash to train school staff if ministers go ahead with…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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MPs and peers demand review of Prevent duty

A committee of MPs and peers has called for an independent review of the Prevent duty after witnesses warned some…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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School leaders warn of more redundancies in wake of funding formula delay

Schools face making more redundancies and multi-academy trusts will be hampered from taking over struggling schools, education leaders have…

John Dickens
John Dickens


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UTCs need ‘radical improvement’ to survive – Wilshaw

University Technical Colleges need “radical improvement” if the model is to survive, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said. The Ofsted…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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School exclusions rise for third year as government rejects behaviour tsar’s teacher training plea

School exclusions have risen for the third year in a row, new figures have revealed, coming just days after…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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National funding formula delayed to 2018

The implementation of the new national funding formula has been pushed back to 2018-19, Justine Greening has announced. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Talk to pupils about university when they’re 10, Ucas tells schools

Schools should do more to encourage pupils as young as 12 to think about their post-18 choices, the University…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust that provided advisers for RSCs to hand over its schools to new sponsors

An academy chain whose founders have a government contract to provide advisers to help regional schools commissioners judge the…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Justine Greening ‘committed’ to delivering fair funding formula from 2017, despite delay concerns

The government has confirmed today it is still aiming to fund schools under a new national funding formula from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker