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300 schools sit national reference tests

More than 14,000 year 11 pupils will sit pilot tests for the national reference tests (NRTs) from Monday. Ofqual…

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Nicky Phillips
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DfE fails to clawback cash from academy chains with zero schools

Only a handful of the academy trusts paid at least £850,000 to take over new schools paid back any…

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Nicky Phillips
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Nicky Morgan launches consultation on national fair funding formula for schools

School funding will be delivered via a national funding formula from 2017, the terms of which will be established…

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Nick Linford
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Nicky Morgan to launch ‘flexible jobs website’ for women teachers

A leadership coaching scheme which will see women in schools encouraged to mentor others and a website to promote…

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Nick Linford
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Huge sixth form classes will affect A level results, heads warn

A “significant funding dip” is forcing schools to increase sixth form class sizes, with one school reporting 38 pupils…

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Nicky Phillips
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Government ‘exploring’ national teacher vacancies website plan

The government is considering setting up a national teacher vacancies website in response to complaints by schools over the…

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Nick Linford


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School demands detailed holiday plans from parents to tackle extremism and radicalisation

A head whose school demands detailed holiday plans from parents requesting term-time leave has spoken of the need to…

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Nick Linford
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Teaching Leaders programme to double in size

The government is more than doubling its support for a social enterprise offering professional development to middle leaders in…

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Nicky Phillips
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‘Meet the System Leaders’: The 8 largest academy chains and their Ofsted performance

Sir David Carter’s plan for a tiered hierarchy of academy chains may not be very detailed, but these are…

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Nicky Phillips
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Maths teachers get highest bursaries – but drop out more

Maths had the largest drop-out rates among trainee teachers despite offering the biggest bursaries, Schools Week can exclusively reveal….

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Nicky Phillips
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Sir David Carter: National schools commissioner dodges transparency questions

The new national schools commissioner, Sir David Carter, is keeping quiet about plans to make his office more open,…

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Nicky Phillips
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Nicky Morgan’s three messages for school leaders

Nicky Morgan will address the Association of School and College Leaders today. From what we’ve seen of the speech…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford