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MP relaunches compulsory PSHE bid as police boss calls for education to tackle child abuse

A new bid to force the government to make personal, social and health education (PSHE) compulsory in schools has been…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Flagship free school trio found guilty of defrauding Department for Education

The principal, financial director and teacher at a flagship free school have been found guilty of defrauding the Department…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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New online portal will offer schools free access to thousands of marked exams

Schools will be able to download all marked Edexcel GCSE and A-level exam scripts for free from next year in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Fears of ‘free-for-all’ as government opens up free school bid criteria

New free schools will be allowed to open if their proposers can demonstrate a “social need” or “significant demand”…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Finances of collapsed academy chain Lilac Sky under scrutiny as founders eye new free school

The financial management of a collapsed academy chain is being scrutinised by the government after it stepped in to block…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Isolation of pupils with lunch debt ‘inappropriate’ but ‘rare’ say school leaders

A London free school’s controversial policy of isolating pupils whose parents or guardians fail to pay their lunch bills…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Report reveals formula for producing best middle leaders

Think tank LKMco has today published the findings of an in-depth investigation into the key characteristics of effective middle…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ministers set out hurdles for expanding academy trusts under new ‘health checks’

Academy trusts will be judged on their schools’ Ofsted ratings, published performance measures on progress and attainment and their…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Teacher training figures: School-led routes soar while bursary subjects produce least teachers

The government’s favoured school-led teacher training routes accounted for nearly half of all trainees last year, figures released today have…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Doomed spelling and grammar test cost government £1 million

The government spent almost £1 million developing this year’s doomed key stage 1 spelling and grammar test, Schools Week…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Delayed free school cancelled over site issues

A free school plagued by delays has now been scrapped without teaching a single pupil after problems finding a site –…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Design and technology: 87 MPs demand inclusion of subject in EBacc

Pupils should be able to choose between computer science and design and technology as part of the EBacc, almost…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker