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EXCLUSIVE: DfE £65k teacher salary advert ruled ‘not misleading’ by advert authority

The Department for Education (DfE) has been cleared of allegations that its £3 million recruitment advert was misleading for…

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Nicky Phillips
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Harperbury Free School cancelled despite £1.9m spend

A proposed free school has been cancelled three years after it was given the go-ahead because the planned site…

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Nicky Phillips
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National funding formula speculation ‘irresponsible’ says DfE as director laments consultation delay

Speculation that the release of proposals for a national funding formula could be postponed until after May’s London mayoral…

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Nick Linford
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Da Vinci studio schools to close

Two studio schools will pass on responsibility for post-16 provision to North Hertfordshire College (NHC) when they close next…

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Nicky Phillips
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Lessons in puberty come too late for many youngsters, report finds

One in four girls are starting their periods without having been taught about puberty at school, a report released…

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Sophie Scott
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5 things we learned from Sir Michael Wilshaw’s evidence to the education committee

Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw didn’t pull his punches when appearing in front of MPs this morning. Here are…

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Nick Linford


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Sir Michael Wilshaw: RSCs’ role ‘not clear’ and relationships with Ofsted ‘a bit tense’

The role of regional schools commissioners (RSCs) is “not clear” and relationships between them and Ofsted are “a bit…

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Nick Linford
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Ofsted brings school childcare inspections back in-house

School-based childcare provision will no longer be visited by external inspectors from next year after Ofsted announced it was bringing…

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Nick Linford
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Postcode lottery in school places allocation and appeals

School place allocations, appeals and investigations processes are subject to a postcode lottery, Schools Week analysis show. Research by…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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Teacher shortages ‘detrimental’ to education as reliance on supply staff and non-specialists rises, heads warn

Teacher shortages are having a “detrimental impact” on pupils’ education and seeing them increasingly taught by supply staff and…

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Nick Linford
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EXCLUSIVE: DfE directors not following own rules on governor’s interests

Schools with Department for Education (DfE) directors on their governing bodies are not following the government’s requirement to publish…

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Nicky Phillips
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U-turn on South Bucks free school

In an unusual volte-face the government is once again overruling a planning inspectorate’s decision regarding a free school near…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips